Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Krefeld (Germany) lodged on 30 November 2012 - Marc Brogsitter v Fabrication de Montres Normandes Eurl, Karsten Fräßdorf
(Case C-548/12)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Landgericht Krefeld
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant and defendant to the counterclaim: Marc Brogsitter
Defendants and counterclaimants: Fabrication de Montres Normandes Eurl, Karsten Fräßdorf
Question referred
Must Article 5(1) of Regulation No 44/2001 be interpreted as meaning that a claimant who alleges that he has suffered damage by an anticompetitive act of his contractual partner domiciled in another Contracting State, which is to be regarded in German law as a tortious act, is raising claims against that person based on contract, even in so far as he bases his action on claims relating to tort?
____________1 - Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, OJ 2001 L 12, p. 1.