The patent law regulates, which inventions can be patented in Germany, like the grant procedure for the German patent- and trademark office expires, what rights a patent grants and how it can be enforced or challenged.
Current official version: Patent law at gesetze-im-internet.de (Federal Ministry of Justice)
Important regulations at a glance
- §§ 1–5: Requirements for patentability (Newness, Inventive step, industrial applicability)
- §§ 9–14: Effect of the patent and scope of protection
- § 16: Protection period of 20 Jahren
- §§ 34 ff.: Registration and examination procedures
- § 59: Objection within nine months of publication of the grant
- §§ 81 ff.: Action for nullity before the Federal Patent Court
- §§ 139 ff.: Patent infringement claims
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