Darts-ip also offers a patent case law database which has been developed by experts in the field to enable you to perform very precise case law searches. You can search using the general search criteria (party name, patent title etc.) and can perform searches based on very specific points of law. It is also possible to combine the general and point of law searches.

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General Searche.g. find decisions with Siemens as a party and which concern the IPC class for chemistry (C). Other fields in the general search include: patent title, patent number, country, court, date and free text.	Click picture to enlarge
Point of LawThe tree structure can be compared to the table of contents of a handbook on patent law. You can, for example, find decisions dealing with:
the global assessment of the novelty criteria with respect to the state of the art. If you want to be more precise you can refine your search to find decisions dealing with specific types of inventions, e.g. a selection in a group of compounds or a selection of parameter ranges	Click picture to enlarge
the admissibility of amendments under Article 123.3 EPC (extension of the scope of protection). You can then refine the search further to find those decisions addressing more specific topics e.g. the generalisation of a feature or the change of the claims category	Click picture to enlarge
restrictions on the right conferred to the patent owner and, more specifically studies and trials necessary for obtaining pharmaceutical marketing authorisation (Bolar provision) or prior use (prior possession)	Click picture to enlarge
the implementation of provisional measures and, more specifically, preliminary injunctions or the precautionary seizure of (immovable/movable) property of the alleged infringer	Click picture to enlarge
the different methods for calculating damages, for example in the case of: exploitation by the patentee (loss of profit); no exploitation by the patentee (licence fee); if the infringer is not in full knowledge of infringement (account of profits)	Click picture to enlarge
the substantive requirements for obtaining a certificate (i.e. basic patent in force, marketing authorisation for a medicinal product/plant protection product, the product has not already been the subject of a certificate) - issues relating to a prorogation of a certificate (with respect to the Paediatric Regulation)	Click picture to enlarge