Germany has made it more difficult for patent trolls to gain a significant advantage. New legislation means that a proportionality check will need to be carried out to establish whether an injunction would cause "undue hardship."

Proponents of the reform say the new law will give judges more leeway to push back against companies seeking to abuse Germany’s patent law for profit. In the U.S., injunctions have become harder to invoke following legal changes and a string of Supreme Court decisions.

[wsj.com...]