The Federal Court of Justice applies its own standards on "novelty" (art. 54(2) EPC)

Dr. Karsten Brandt

In its decision “Conditioning Method” ("Konditionierverfahren") of April 21, 2020 (Ref.: X ZR 75/18), the Federal Court of Justice overturned a judgement of the Federal Patent Court and upheld the German part of the European patent EP 1 495 486