The Court held that the CJEU decision in the Bericarp case, where it was decided that for invalidity procedures no reimbursement of full litigation costs applies, did apply to invalidity proceedings if these did not contain an enforcement procedure.
Case number: 26 March 2019
Case date: 200.230.424/01C/09/509050 / HA ZA 16-435
Court: Court of Appeal of The Hague
A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law.
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