T 0244/00 (Remote-control/MATSUSHITA) of 15.11.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T024400.20011115
- Date of decision
- 15 November 2001
- Case number
- T 0244/00
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 90105726.5
- IPC class
- G08C 23/00H04B 1/20
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Remote-control apparatus for electronics apparatus
- Applicant name
- MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
- Opponent name
- Interessengemeinschaft für Rundfunkschutzrechte GmbH
Schutzrechtsverwertung & Co. KG - Board
- 3.5.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - no
- Catchword
- The graphic design of menus is, as a rule, not a technical aspect of a menu-driven control system. Nor is the practical use of such menus genuinely a problem which the skilled person, in his function as a technical expert, is confronted with. (Point 12 of the Reasons for the Decision)
- Cited cases
- T 0641/00
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.