CELEX: 62020CN0531
Language: en
Date: 2020-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Case C-531/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 19 October 2020 — NovaText GmbH v Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

25.1.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 28/21
            
         
      Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 19 October 2020 — NovaText GmbH v Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
      (Case C-531/20)
      (2021/C 28/32)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Referring court
      
      Bundesgerichtshof
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Appellant on a point of law: NovaText GmbH
      
         Respondent in the appeal on a point of law: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
      
         Question referred
      
      Are Article 3(1) and Article 14 of Directive 2004/48/EC (1) to be interpreted as precluding national legislation imposing an obligation on the unsuccessful party to reimburse the costs incurred by the successful party for assistance by a patent lawyer in proceedings brought under trade mark law, whether or not the patent lawyer’s assistance was necessary for the purpose of appropriate legal action?
      
         (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).