5.7.5 Publication of court decision
According to Section 140e of the Patent Act, the prevailing party may be furnished with the right to publish the decision at the defendant’s cost where it has a legitimate interest to do so. This section was introduced to transpose the EU Enforcement Directive into German law. However, only a few court decisions have granted such a request for reasons of proportionality. In recent years, fewer and fewer parties have applied for it.