Supreme Court dismisses appeal on patent remuneration, ruling amortization must be ignored if lifespan differences are doubtful.

The Supreme Court partially dismissed the appeal by overturning the appellate court's reduction of patent remuneration. The plaintiffs argued that savings from avoiding a purchase should be calculated without considering the depreciation period of the original equipment versus the new invention-based device. The court held that amortization should be disregarded when there are reasonable doubts about differences in the lifespan of the two devices, as the relevant regulation does not explicitly require such a comparison.