Rote Taube

Rote Taube ("Red Dove") is a landmark decision of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany (Bundesgerichtshof) (X ZB 15/67, 27 Mar. 1969), regarding the definition of a technical teaching ("a teaching to methodically utilize controllable natural forces to achieve a causal, perceivable result") in patent law.^[1][2]

References

1. Association of the Bar of the City of New York (1982). The Record of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. The Association. p. 383. The German Federal Supreme Court has addressed the patentability question in the landmark Rote Taube ("Red Dove") and Backerhefe ("Baker's Yeast") decisions.
2. David W. Plant; Niels J. Reimers; Norton D. Zinder (1982). Patenting of Life Forms. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-87969-209-4. In accordance with the landmark decision 'Rote Taube' (Red Dove) and 'Backerhefe' (Baker's yeast) by the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) of 27 March 1969³ and 11 March 1975⁴, (...).