77As regards Article 14 of Directive 2004/48, the Court has already held that that provision aims to strengthen the level of protection of intellectual property, by avoiding the situation in which an injured party is deterred from bringing legal proceedings in order to protect his rights (see judgment in Realchemie Nederland, C‑406/09, EU:C:2011:668, paragraph 48).
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