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Document 62021CN0044

    Case C-44/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht München (Germany) lodged on 28 January 2021 — Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG v HARTING Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG

    OJ C 182, 10.5.2021, p. 27–28 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    10.5.2021   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 182/27

    Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht München (Germany) lodged on 28 January 2021 — Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG v HARTING Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG

    (Case C-44/21)

    (2021/C 182/40)

    Language of the case: German

    Referring court

    Landgericht München

    Parties to the main proceedings

    Applicant: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG

    Defendants: HARTING Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG

    Question referred

    Is it compatible with Article 9(1) of Directive 2004/48/EC (1) if German higher regional courts (Oberlandesgerichte), which have jurisdiction at last instance in proceedings for interim relief, refuse, in principle, to grant interim measures for patent infringement if the patent in dispute has not survived opposition or invalidity proceedings at first instance?

    (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).

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