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Date of decision
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15 November 2001
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Case number
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T 0244/00
- 3.5.1
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Application number
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90105726.5
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Title of the application
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Remote-control apparatus for electronics apparatus
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Applicant name
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MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
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Opponent name
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Interessengemeinschaft für Rundfunkschutzrechte GmbH
Schutzrechtsverwertung & Co. KG
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Keywords
Inventive step - no
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Catchwords:
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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)
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