Our partner Michael Wegerer summarized some key takeaways of the first judgement of the UPC Central Division Munich Section delivered on July 16, 2024 concerning the patent EP 3 666 797 B1.

The software discussed in this decision carries out an indirect measurement. The software measures/ determines a web page viewing area based on the measurement/ input data/ raw data of the size of a browser window. Such indirect measurements are of a technical nature, regardless of what use is made of the results (cf. G 1/19, point 99).

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