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Lecture, 2017

The recoverability of (patent) attorney fees after the ECJ decision in United Video Properties / Telenet

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Summary

Presentation given at an IP seminar on 16 May 2017 on the recovery of lawyers’ fees in patent cases after the CJEU’s United Video Properties v Telenet judgment (C-57/15). It presents the patent holder’s portfolio and litigation strategy, the Belgian rules capping the recoverable procedural indemnity, the question whether these caps breach the Enforcement Directive, the answer of the Court of Justice and the judgment of the Antwerp Court of Appeal of 8 May 2017.

Reference

H. Haouideg, "The recoverability of (patent) attorney fees after the ECJ decision in United Video Properties / Telenet", IP seminar, 2017.

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