“Recent Case Law in German Patent Law 2020” has been published by Eisenführ Speiser. In this periodical our litigators report on notable decisions made by the German patent jurisdiction in the years 2019 and 2020. New to this edition is a chapter focusing on current developments in legal policy.

The following decisions are discussed:

• Kommunikationsvorrichtung
  (Federal Court of Justice, judgment of 20.08.2019, X ZR 84/17)
• Lenkergetriebe
  (Federal Court of Justice, judgment of 24.09.2019, X ZR 62/17)
• Online-Sehtest
  (Düsseldorf District Court, judgment of 28.07.2020, 4a O 53/19)
• Tadalafil
  (Federal Court of Justice, judgment of 21.01.2020, X ZR 65/18)
• Pemetrexed II
  (Federal Court of Justice, judgment of 07.07.2020, X ZR 150/18)
• Autoantikörpernachweis
  (Federal Court of Justice, judgment of 17.12.2019, X ZR 115/17)
• Rotierendes Menü
  (Federal Court of Justice, judgment of 14.01.2020, X ZR 144/17)
• Bausatz
  (Federal Court of Justice, judgment of 13.02.2020, X ZR 6/18)
• FRAND-Einwand I
  (Federal Court of Justice, judgment of 05.05.2020, KZR 36/17)
• FRAND-Einwand II
  (Federal Court of Justice, judgment of 24.11.2020, KZR 35/17)
• Vorübergehende Identität II
  (Karlsruhe Upper District Court, judgment of 25.11.2020, 6 U 103/16)
• Nokia-SEP
  (Düsseldorf District Court, court order of 26.11.2020, 4c O 17/19)
• Parität
  (Düsseldorf District Court, judgment of 07.05.2020, 4c O 44/18)
• Anti-Suit-Injunction
  (Munich Upper District Court, judgment of 12.12.2019, 6 U 5042/19)
• Penetrometer
  (Federal Court of Justice, judgment of 09.06.2020, XZR 142/18)

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