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.