Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (42013A0620(01))
Agreement on a Unified Patent Court
- on a Unified Patent Court
- PART I
- Article 1
- Unified Patent Court
- Article 2
- Definitions
- Article 3
- Scope of application
- Article 4
- Legal status
- Article 5
- Liability
- Article 6
- The Court
- Article 7
- The Court of First Instance
- Article 8
- Composition of the panels of the Court of First Instance
- Article 9
- The Court of Appeal
- Article 10
- The Registry
- Article 11
- Committees
- Article 12
- The Administrative Committee
- Article 13
- The Budget Committee
- Article 14
- The Advisory Committee
- Article 15
- Eligibility criteria for the appointment of judges
- Article 16
- Appointment procedure
- Article 17
- Judicial independence and impartiality
- Article 18
- Pool of Judges
- Article 19
- Training framework
- Article 20
- Primacy of and respect for Union law
- Article 21
- Requests for preliminary rulings
- Article 22
- Liability for damage caused by infringements of Union law
- Article 23
- Responsibility of the Contracting Member States
- Article 24
- Sources of law
- Article 25
- Right to prevent the direct use of the invention
- Article 26
- Right to prevent the indirect use of the invention
- Article 27
- Limitations of the effects of a patent
- Article 28
- Right based on prior use of the invention
- Article 29
- Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a European patent
- Article 30
- Effects of supplementary protection certificates
- Article 31
- International jurisdiction
- Article 32
- Competence of the Court
- Article 33
- Competence of the divisions of the Court of First Instance
- Article 34
- Territorial scope of decisions
- Article 35
- Patent mediation and arbitration centre
- PART II
- Article 36
- Budget of the Court
- Article 37
- Financing of the Court
- Article 38
- Financing of the training framework for judges
- Article 39
- Financing of the Centre
- PART III
- Article 40
- Statute
- Article 41
- Rules of Procedure
- Article 42
- Proportionality and fairness
- Article 43
- Case management
- Article 44
- Electronic procedures
- Article 45
- Public proceedings
- Article 46
- Legal capacity
- Article 47
- Parties
- Article 48
- Representation
- Article 49
- Language of proceedings at the Court of First Instance
- Article 50
- Language of proceedings at the Court of Appeal
- Article 51
- Other language arrangements
- Article 52
- Written, interim and oral procedures
- Article 53
- Means of evidence
- Article 54
- Burden of proof
- Article 55
- Reversal of burden of proof
- Article 56
- The general powers of the Court
- Article 57
- Court experts
- Article 58
- Protection of confidential information
- Article 59
- Order to produce evidence
- Article 60
- Order to preserve evidence and to inspect premises
- Article 61
- Freezing orders
- Article 62
- Provisional and protective measures
- Article 63
- Permanent injunctions
- Article 64
- Corrective measures in infringement proceedings
- Article 65
- Decision on the validity of a patent
- Article 66
- Powers of the Court concerning decisions of the European Patent Office
- Article 67
- Power to order the communication of information
- Article 68
- Award of damages
- Article 69
- Legal costs
- Article 70
- Court fees
- Article 71
- Legal aid
- Article 72
- Period of limitation
- Article 73
- Appeal
- Article 74
- Effects of an appeal
- Article 75
- Decision on appeal and referral back
- Article 76
- Basis for decisions and right to be heard
- Article 77
- Formal requirements
- Article 78
- Decisions of the Court and dissenting opinions
- Article 79
- Settlement
- Article 80
- Publication of decisions
- Article 81
- Rehearing
- Article 82
- Enforcement of decisions and orders
- PART IV
- Article 83
- Transitional regime
- PART V
- Article 84
- Signature, ratification and accession
- Article 85
- Functions of the depositary
- Article 86
- Duration of the Agreement
- Article 87
- Revision
- Article 88
- Languages of the Agreement
- Article 89
- Entry into force
- ANNEX I
- Article 1
- Scope of the Statute
- CHAPTER I
- Article 2
- Eligibility of judges
- Article 3
- Appointment of judges
- Article 4
- Judges' term of office
- Article 5
- Appointment of the members of the Advisory Committee
- Article 6
- Oath
- Article 7
- Impartiality
- Article 8
- Immunity of judges
- Article 9
- End of duties
- Article 10
- Removal from office
- Article 11
- Training
- Article 12
- Remuneration
- CHAPTER II
- Article 13
- President of the Court of Appeal
- Article 14
- President of the Court of First Instance
- Article 15
- Presidium
- Article 16
- Staff
- Article 17
- Judicial vacations
- Article 18
- Setting up and discontinuance of a local or regional division
- Article 19
- Panels
- Article 20
- Pool of Judges
- Article 21
- Panels
- Article 22
- Appointment and removal from office of the Registrar
- Article 23
- Duties of the Registrar
- Article 24
- Keeping of the register
- Article 25
- Sub-registries and Deputy-Registrar
- CHAPTER III
- Article 26
- Budget
- Article 27
- Authorisation for expenditure
- Article 28
- Appropriations for unforeseeable expenditure
- Article 29
- Accounting period
- Article 30
- Preparation of the budget
- Article 31
- Provisional budget
- Article 32
- Auditing of accounts
- Article 33
- Financial Regulations
- CHAPTER IV
- Article 34
- Secrecy of deliberations
- Article 35
- Decisions
- Article 36
- Dissenting opinions
- Article 37
- Decision by default
- Article 38
- Questions referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union
- ANNEX II
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