In Spannungsversorgungsvorrichtung (X ZR 109/16; Judgment of March 26 2019), the German Federal Court of Justice (FCJ) had the opportunity to clarify the requirements for the enforcement of time-barred and non-time-barred claims for damages in patent infringement proceedings.
Through strategic claim drafting, oil and gas companies can overcome Section 101 and obtain patents covering digital technologies and AI, say Charles Collins-Chase, Jennifer Roscetti and Paul Townsend of Finnegan