Process patents – paper tigers or effective protective rights?

When process patents are infringed, patent owners are often faced with considerable problems of providing proof of infringement. Effective enforcement is further impeded by the strict requirements set by German case law for inspection proceedings. In order not to let the protection by process patents run empty, a rethinking is necessary with regard to the requirements for “sufficient likelihood”.

Read the full article written by Dr Stephan Neuhaus - published on 9 June on dus IP as well.