Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Antwerpen (Belgium) lodged on 9 February 2015 — United Video Properties Inc. v Telenet NV
(Case C-57/15)
Language of the case: Dutch
Referring court
Hof van beroep te Antwerpen
Parties to the main proceedings
Appellant: United Video Properties Inc.
Respondent: Telenet NV
Questions referred
Do the terms ‘reasonable and proportionate legal costs and other expenses’ in Article 14 of the Enforcement Directive 1 preclude the Belgian legislation which offers courts the possibility of taking into account certain well-defined features specific to the case and which provides for a system of varying flat rates in respect of costs for the assistance of a lawyer?
Do the terms ‘reasonable and proportionate legal costs and other expenses’ in Article 14 of the Enforcement Directive preclude the case-law which states that the costs of a technical adviser are recoverable only in the event of fault (contractual or extra-contractual)?
________________________1 Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (OJ 2004 L 157, p. 45).