Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 28 April 2022

NovaText GmbH v Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property rights – Directive 2004/48/EC – Article 3 – General obligation concerning the measures, procedures and remedies necessary to ensure the enforcement of intellectual property rights – Article 14 – Concept of ‘reasonable and proportionate legal costs’ – Consultation of a patent lawyer – Absence of opportunity for the national court to assess the reasonableness and proportionality of the costs to be borne by the unsuccessful party

Case C-531/20


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
03/06/2022 NovaText
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2022:316
28/04/2022 NovaText
Application (OJ)
08/01/2021 NovaText
Request for a preliminary ruling
19/10/2020 NovaText
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2021:917
11/11/2021 NovaText
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

not yet published (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.10 Enforcement of intellectual property rights
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.10 Enforcement of intellectual property rights


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 19/10/2020

Date of the Opinion

  • 11/11/2021

Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

28/04/2022


References

Publication in the Official Journal

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Name of the parties

NovaText

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Bruyas, Pierrick: Propriété intellectuelle - Dépens et frais de justice, Europe Europe 2022, n° 6 Juin, comm. 211 (FR)
  2. Gruber, Joachim: Ersatz der Kosten des mitwirkenden Patentanwalts – Anmerkung zu EuGH „NovaText“ : C-531/20, Markenrecht 2022 p. 254-255 (DE)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Bundesgerichtshof - Germany

Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

dixième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Ilešič

Advocate General

Campos Sánchez-Bordona

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • Spanish