SONN Patentanwälte – IP Attorneys

  1. UPC Local Division: Product-by-Process Claims

    Product-by-process claims are characterized by the fact that the technical content of the invention does not regularly consist in the process as such, but in the technical properties that are conferred on the product by the process. What is decisive is how the person skilled in the art understands...

  2. UPC Court of Appeal: Claim interpretation

    The appellant appeals against a decision dismissing an application for provisional measures. The patent in suit protects an electronic label system for displaying information, in particular price information. The Court of First Instance was not sufficiently convinced that the accused products infringe...

  3. Interpretation of claims in the light of the description

    According to established case law of the Board of Appeal, Art 69 (1) EPC and the Protocol on its Interpretation refer to the “scope of protection” granted by the European patent or the European patent application. This "scope of protection" is of importance especially in patent infringement proceedings....
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