UPC_CFI_714/2025

Decisions and documents (1)

• 2026-07-21procedural

  Klägerin:

  Raimund Beck Nageltechnik GmbH

  Beklagte:

  BAUSSMANN Collated Fasteners GmbH

  1. A device claim defined by structural features is not, as a rule, limited to the device performing a specific function. For the purposes of assessing the novelty of such a claim, this means that if the prior art discloses a device which fulfils all the structural features of the claim and is at the same time suitable for the purpose specified in the claim, the claim lacks novelty, even if not all the technical effects of the claimed device described in the patent at issue but not claimed are realised in the same way in the prior art. Zentralkammer (Abteilung München) 2. There is no obvious typographical error in the prior art if, from the perspective of a person skilled in the art, it does not seem far-fetched that a particular term is in fact intended in the sense in which it is worded, and it is not immediately apparent to the person skilled in the art that there is a typographical error and that something other than what is stated is intended.

  Judge: András Kupecz • Panel: András Kupecz🔒 Unlock Official PDF