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Preliminary set of provisions for the Rules of procedure of the Unified Patent Court

Contents

  1. Preliminary set of provisions for the Rules of procedure of the Unified Patent Court
    1. PREAMBLE
    2. APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE
    3. PART 1 – PROCEDURES BEFORE THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
      1. CHAPTER 1 – WRITTEN PROCEDURE
        1. SECTION 1 – INFRINGEMENT ACTION
        2. SECTION 2 – REVOCATION ACTION
        3. SECTION 3 – ACTION FOR DECLARATION OF NON-INFRINGEMENT
        4. SECTION 4 – ACTIONS WITHIN ARTICLE 33(5) AND (6) OF THE AGREEMENT
        5. SECTION 5 – ACTION FOR COMPENSATION FOR LICENCES ON THE BASIS OF ARTICLE 8 OF REGULATION (EU) No 1257
        6. SECTION 6 – ACTION AGAINST DECISIONS OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE IN CARRYING OUT THE TASKS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 9 OF REGULATION (EU) No 1257/2012
      2. CHAPTER 2 – INTERIM PROCEDURE
      3. CHAPTER 3 – ORAL PROCEDURE
      4. CHAPTER 4 – PROCEDURE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF DAMAGES AND COMPENSATION
        1. SECTION 1 – APPLICATION FOR THE DETERMINATION OF DAMAGES
        2. SECTION 2 – REQUEST TO LAY OPEN BOOKS
      5. CHAPTER 5 – PROCEDURE FOR COST ORDER
    4. PART 2 – EVIDENCE
      1. CHAPTER 1 – WITNESSES AND EXPERTS OF THE PARTIES
      2. CHAPTER 2 – COURT EXPERTS
      3. CHAPTER 3 – ORDER TO PRODUCE EVIDENCE AND TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION
      4. CHAPTER 4 - ORDER TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE (SAISIE) AND ORDER FOR INSPECTION
      5. CHAPTER 5 – OTHER EVIDENCE
    5. PART 3 – PROVISIONAL MEASURES
    6. PART 4 – PROCEDURES BEFORE THE COURT OF APPEAL
      1. CHAPTER 1 – WRITTEN PROCEDURE
        1. SECTION 1 – STATEMENT OF APPEAL, STATEMENT OF GROUNDS OF APPEAL
        2. SECTION 2 – STATEMENT OF RESPONSE
        3. SECTION 3 – REPLY TO A STATEMENT OF CROSS-APPEAL
      2. CHAPTER 2 – INTERIM PROCEDURE
      3. CHAPTER 3 – ORAL PROCEDURE
      4. CHAPTER 4 – DECISIONS AND EFFECT OF DECISIONS
      5. CHAPTER 5 – PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION FOR REHEARING
    7. PART 5 – GENERAL PROVISIONS
      1. CHAPTER 1 – GENERAL PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS
      2. CHAPTER 2 – SERVICE
        1. SECTION 1 – SERVICE WITHIN THE CONTRACTING MEMBER STATES OR BY AGREEMENT
        2. SECTION 2 – SERVICE OUTSIDE THE CONTRACTING MEMBER STATES
        3. SECTION 3 – SERVICE BY AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD
        4. SECTION 4 – SERVICE OF ORDERS AND DECISIONS
      3. CHAPTER 3 – RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF REPRESENTATIVES
      4. CHAPTER 4 – STAY OF PROCEEDINGS
      5. CHAPTER 5 – TIME PERIODS
      6. CHAPTER 6 – PARTIES TO PROCEEDINGS
        1. SECTION 1 – PLURALITY OF PARTIES
        2. SECTION 2 – CHANGE IN PARTIES
        3. SECTION 3 – DEATH, DEMISE OR INSOLVENCY OF A PARTY
        4. SECTION 4 – TRANSFER OF PATENT
        5. SECTION 5 – INTERVENTION
        6. SECTION 6 – RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF RIGHTS
      7. CHAPTER 7 – MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ON LANGUAGES
      8. CHAPTER 8 – CASE MANAGEMENT (Measures of organisation of procedure)
      9. CHAPTER 9 – RULES RELATING TO THE ORGANISATION OF THE COURT
      10. CHAPTER 10 – DECISIONS AND ORDERS
      11. CHAPTER 11 – DECISION BY DEFAULT
      12. CHAPTER 12 – ACTIONS BOUND TO FAIL OR MANIFESTLY INADMISSIBLE
      13. CHAPTER 13 – SETTLEMENT
    8. PART 6 – FEES AND LEGAL AID
      1. COURT FEES
      2. LEGAL AID

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PREAMBLE

Preamble

APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE

Rule 1 - Application of the Rules of Procedure

Rule 2 - Supplementary protection certificate

Rule 3 - Power of staff of the Registry and a sub-registry to perform functions of the Registry

Rule 4 - Lodging of documents

Rule 5 - Lodging of an Application to opt out and withdrawal of an opt-out

Rule 6 - Service and supply of orders, decisions, written pleadings and other documents

Rule 7 - Language of written pleadings and written evidence

Rule 8 - Party and party's representative

Rule 9 - Powers of the Court

PART 1 – PROCEDURES BEFORE THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

Rule 10 - Stages of the proceedings (inter partes proceedings)

Rule 11 - Settlement

CHAPTER 1 – WRITTEN PROCEDURE

SECTION 1 – INFRINGEMENT ACTION

Rule 12 - Exchange of written pleadings (infringement action)

STATEMENT OF CLAIM

Rule 13 - Contents of the Statement of claim

Rule 14 - Language of the Statement of claim

Rule 15 - Fee for the infringement action

Rule 16 - Examination as to formal requirements of the Statement of claim

Rule 17 - Recording in the register (Court of First Instance, infringement action)

Rule 18 - Designation of the judge-rapporteur

PROCEDURE WHEN THE DEFENDANT RAISES A PRELIMINARY OBJECTION

Rule 19 - Preliminary objection

Rule 20 - Decision or order on a Preliminary objection

Rule 21 - Appeal against decision or order on a Preliminary objection

VALUE-BASED FEE FOR THE INFRINGEMENT ACTION

Rule 22 - Value-based fee for the infringement action

STATEMENT OF DEFENCE

Rule 23 - Lodging of the Statement of defence

Rule 24 - Contents of the Statement of defence

Rule 25 - Counterclaim for revocation

Rule 26 - Fee for the Counterclaim for revocation

Rule 27 - Examination as to formal requirements of the Statement of defence

Rule 28 - Further schedule

DEFENCE TO THE COUNTERCLAIM FOR REVOCATION, REPLY TO THE STATEMENT OF THE DEFENCE AND APPLICATION TO AMEND THE PATENT AND REJOINDER TO THE REPLY

Rule 29 - Lodging of Defence to the Counterclaim for revocation, Reply to the Statement of defence and Rejoinder to the Reply

Rule 29a - Contents of the Defence to the counterclaim

Rule 30 - Application to amend the patent

Rule 31 - Value - based fee for the dispute including the Counterclaim for revocation

DEFENCE TO THE APPLICATION TO AMEND THE PATENT

Rule 32 - Lodging of the Defence to the Application to amend the patent, the Reply to the Defence and the Rejoinder to the Reply

APPLICATION FOR ALLOCATING A TECHNICALLY QUALIFIED JUDGE TO THE PANEL

Rule 33 - Application by a party for allocating a technically qualified judge

Rule 34 - Request by the judge-rapporteur for allocating a technically qualified judge

LAST STEPS IN THE WRITTEN PROCEDURE

Rule 35 - Closure of the written procedure

Rule 36 - Further exchanges of written pleadings

Rule 37 - Application of Article 33(3) of the Agreement

COUNTERCLAIM FOR REVOCATION REFERRED TO THE CENTRAL DIVISION UNDER ARTICLE 33(3)(b) OF THE AGREEMENT

Rule 38 - Written procedure when the central division deals with a Counterclaim for revocation under Article 33(3) (b) of the Agreement

Rule 39 - Language of the proceedings before the central division

Rule 40 - Accelerated proceedings before the central division

ACTION REFERRED TO THE CENTRAL DIVISION UNDER ARTICLE 33(3)(c) OF THE AGREEMENT

Rule 41 - Written procedure when the central division deals with the action under Article 33(3)(c) of the Agreement

Rule 42 - (void)

SECTION 2 – REVOCATION ACTION

Rule 43 - Action to be directed against the patent proprietor

Rule 44 - Exchange of written pleadings (revocation action)

Rule 45 - Contents of the Statement for revocation

Rule 46 - Language of the Statement for revocation

Rule 47 - Fee for the revocation action

Rule 48 - Recording in the register (Court of First Instance, revocation action)

DEFENCE TO REVOCATION

Rule 49 - Lodging of the Defence to revocation

Rule 50 - Contents of the Defence to revocation and Counterclaim for infringement

Rule 51 - Reply to Defence to revocation

Rule 52 - Rejoinder to the Reply

Rule 53 - Fee for the Counterclaim for infringement

Rule 54 - (void)

Rule 55 - (void)

DEFENCE TO THE APPLICATION TO AMEND THE PATENT AND DEFENCE TO THE COUNTERCLAIM FOR INFRINGEMENT

Rule 56 - Lodging of the Defence to the Counterclaim for infringement

Rule 57 - Value-based fee for the revocation action

Rule 58 - Value-based fee for the dispute (including the Counterclaim for infringement)

Rule 59 - (void)

SECTION 3 – ACTION FOR DECLARATION OF NON-INFRINGEMENT

Rule 60 - Declaration of non-infringement

Rule 61 - Exchange of written pleadings (action for declaration of non-infringement)

Rule 62 - Contents of the Statement for a declaration of non-infringement

Rule 63 - (void)

Rule 64 - (void)

Rule 65 - Lodging of the Defence to the Statement for a declaration of non-infringement

Rule 66 - Contents of the Defence to the Statement for a declaration of non-infringement

Rule 67 - Reply to Defence to the Statement for a declaration of non-infringement and Defence to Counterclaim and Rejoinder to the Reply

Rule 68 - Fee for the action for a declaration of non-infringement

Rule 69 - Value-based fee for the action for a declaration of non-infringement

SECTION 4 – ACTIONS WITHIN ARTICLE 33(5) AND (6) OF THE AGREEMENT

Rule 70 - – Revocation actions and subsequent infringement actions in a local or regional division (Article 33(5) of the Agreement).

Rule 71 - Actions for declaration of non-infringement within Article 33(6) of the Agreement

Rule 72 - Action for declaration of non-infringement and action for revocation

Rule 73 - (void)

Rule 74 - (void)

Rule 75 - (void)

Rule 76 - (void)

Rule 77 - (void)

Rule 78 - (void)

Rule 79 - (void)

SECTION 5 – ACTION FOR COMPENSATION FOR LICENCES ON THE BASIS OF ARTICLE 8 OF REGULATION (EU) No 1257

Rule 80 - Compensation for a licence of right

Rule 81 - (void)

Rule 82 - (void)

Rule 83 - (void)

Rule 84 - (void)

SECTION 6 – ACTION AGAINST DECISIONS OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE IN CARRYING OUT THE TASKS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 9 OF REGULATION (EU) No 1257/2012

Rule 85 - Stages of the proceedings (ex parte proceedings)

Rule 86 - Suspensive effect

Rule 87 - Grounds for annulling or altering a decision of the Office

Rule 88 - Application to annul or alter a decision of the Office

Rule 89 - Examination as to formal requirements (ex parte proceedings)

Rule 90 - Recording in the register (ex parte proceedings)

Rule 91 - Interlocutory revision by the European Patent Office

Rule 92 - Assignment to panel or to single judge, designation of judge-rapporteur

Rule 93 - Examination of the Application to annul or alter a decision of the Office

Rule 94 - Invitation to the President of the European Patent Office to comment

Rule 95 - ''Lex specialis'' for the interim procedure (''ex parte'' procedure)

Rule 96 - ''Lex specialis'' for the oral procedure (''ex parte'' procedure)

Rule 97 - (void)

Rule 98 - (void)

Rule 99 - (void)

Rule 100 - (void)

CHAPTER 2 – INTERIM PROCEDURE

Rule 101 - Role of the judge-rapporteur (Case management)

Rule 102 - Referral to the panel

Rule 103 - Preparation for the interim conference

INTERIM CONFERENCE

Rule 104 - Aim of the interim conference

Rule 105 - Telephone conference and video conference

Rule 106 - Recording of the interim conference

Rule 107 - (void)

PREPARATION FOR THE ORAL HEARING

Rule 108 - Summons to the oral hearing

Rule 109 - Simultaneous interpretation during oral hearings

Rule 110 - Closure of the interim procedure

CHAPTER 3 – ORAL PROCEDURE

Rule 111 - Role of the presiding judge (Case management)

Rule 112 - Conduct of the oral hearing

Rule 113 - Duration of the oral hearing

Rule 114 - Adjournment where the Court considers that further evidence is required

Rule 115 - The oral hearing

Rule 116 - Absence of a party from the oral hearing

Rule 117 - Absence of both parties from the oral hearing

Rule 118 - Decision on the merits

Rule 119 - Interim award of damages

Rule 120 - (void)

Rule 121 - (void)

Rule 122 - (void)

Rule 123 - (void)

Rule 124 - (void)

CHAPTER 4 – PROCEDURE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF DAMAGES AND COMPENSATION

Rule 125 - Separate proceedings for determining the amount of damages ordered

Rule 126 - Start of proceedings for the determination of damages

Rule 127 - (void)

Rule 128 - (void)

Rule 129 - (void)

Rule 130 - (void)

SECTION 1 – APPLICATION FOR THE DETERMINATION OF DAMAGES

Rule 131 - Contents of the Application for the determination of damages

Rule 132 - Fee for the Application for the determination of damages

Rule 133 - Value-based fee for the determination of damages

Rule 134 - Examination as to formal requirements of the Application for the determination of damages

Rule 135 - Recording in the register (Application for the determination of damages) and service

Rule 136 - Stay of the Application for a determination of damages

Rule 137 - Reply of the unsuccessful party

Rule 138 - Contents of the Defence to the application for the determination of damages

Rule 139 - Reply to the Defence for the determination of damages

Rule 140 - Further procedure (Application for the determination of damages)

SECTION 2 – REQUEST TO LAY OPEN BOOKS

Rule 141 - Contents of the Request to lay open books

Rule 142 - Defence of the unsuccessful party and Reply to Defence

Rule 143 - Decision on the Request to lay open books

Rule 144 - (void)

Rule 145 - (void)

Rule 146 - (void)

Rule 147 - (void)

Rule 148 - (void)

Rule 149 - (void)

CHAPTER 5 – PROCEDURE FOR COST ORDER

Rule 150 - Separate proceedings for cost order

Rule 151 - Start of proceedings for cost order

Rule 152 - Compensation for representation costs re decision on the merits

Rule 153 - Compensation for costs of experts

Rule 154 - Compensation for costs of witnesses

Rule 155 - Compensation for costs of interpreters and translators

Rule 156 - Further procedure

Rule 157 - Appeal against the costs decision

Rule 158 - (void)

Rule 159 - (void)

Rule 160 - (void)

Rule 161 - (void)

Rule 162 - (void)

Rule 163 - (void)

Rule 164 - (void)

Rule 165 - (void)

Rule 166 - (void)

Rule 167 - (void)

Rule 168 - (void)

Rule 169 - (void)

PART 2 – EVIDENCE

Rule 170 - Means of evidence and means of obtaining evidence

Rule 171 - Offering of evidence

Rule 172 - Duty to produce evidence

Rule 173 - (void)

Rule 174 - (void)

CHAPTER 1 – WITNESSES AND EXPERTS OF THE PARTIES

Rule 175 - Written witness statement

Rule 176 - Application for the hearing of a witness in person

Rule 177 - Summoning of witnesses to the oral hearing

Rule 178 - Hearing of witnesses

Rule 179 - Duties of witnesses

Rule 180 - Reimbursement of expenses of witnesses

Rule 181 - Experts of the parties

Rule 182 - (void)

Rule 183 - (void)

Rule 184 - (void)

CHAPTER 2 – COURT EXPERTS

Rule 185 - Appointment of a court expert

Rule 186 - Duties of a court expert

Rule 187 - Expert report

Rule 188 - Hearing of a court expert

Rule 189 - (void)

CHAPTER 3 – ORDER TO PRODUCE EVIDENCE AND TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION

ORDER TO PRODUCE EVIDENCE

Rule 190 - Order to produce evidence

ORDER TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION

Rule 191 - Application for order to communicate information

CHAPTER 4 - ORDER TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE (SAISIE) AND ORDER FOR INSPECTION

ORDER TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE (Saisie)

Rule 192 - Application for preserving evidence

Rule 193 - Examination as to formal requirements, recording in the register, assignment to panel, designation of judge-rapporteur, single judge

Rule 194 - Examination of the Application for preserving evidence

Rule 195 - Oral hearing

Rule 196 - Decision on the Application for preserving evidence

Rule 197 - Order to preserve evidence without hearing the defendant

Rule 198 - Revocation of an order to preserve evidence

Rule 199 - Order for inspection

CHAPTER 5 – OTHER EVIDENCE

Rule 200 - Order to freeze assets

Rule 201 - Experiments ordered by the Court

Rule 202 - Letters rogatory

Rule 203 - void

Rule 204 - void

PART 3 – PROVISIONAL MEASURES

Rule 205 - Stages of the proceedings (summary proceedings)

Rule 206 - Application for provisional measures

Rule 207 - Protective letter

Rule 208 - Examination as to formal requirements, recording in the register, assignment to panel, designation of judge-rapporteur, single judge

Rule 209 - Examination of the Application for provisional measures

Rule 210 - Oral hearing

Rule 211 - Decision on the Application for provisional measures

Rule 212 - Decision on provisional measures without hearing the defendant

Rule 213 - Revocation of provisional measures

Rule 214 - (void)

Rule 215 - (void)

Rule 216 - (void)

Rule 217 - (void)

Rule 218 - (void)

Rule 219 - (void)

PART 4 – PROCEDURES BEFORE THE COURT OF APPEAL

Rule 220 - Appealable decisions

Rule 221 - Application for leave to appeal

Rule 222 - Subject-matter of the proceedings before the Court of Appeal

Rule 223 - Application for suspensive effect

CHAPTER 1 – WRITTEN PROCEDURE

SECTION 1 – STATEMENT OF APPEAL, STATEMENT OF GROUNDS OF APPEAL

Rule 224 - Time periods for lodging the Statement of appeal and the Statement of grounds of appeal

Rule 225 - Contents of the Statement of appeal

Rule 226 - Contents of the Statement of grounds of appeal

Rule 227 - Language of the Statement of appeal and of the Statement of grounds of appeal

Rule 228 - Fee for the appeal

Rule 229 - Examination as to formal requirements of the Statement of appeal

Rule 230 - Recording in the register (Court of Appeal)

Rule 231 - Designation of the judge-rapporteur

Rule 232 - Translation of file

Rule 233 - Preliminary examination of the Statement of grounds of appeal

Rule 234 - Challenge to the decision to reject an appeal as inadmissible

SECTION 2 – STATEMENT OF RESPONSE

Rule 235 - Statement of response

Rule 236 - Contents of the Statement of response

Rule 237 - Statement of cross-appeal

SECTION 3 – REPLY TO A STATEMENT OF CROSS-APPEAL

Rule 238 - Reply to a statement of cross-appeal

CHAPTER 2 – INTERIM PROCEDURE

Rule 239 - Role of the judge-rapporteur

CHAPTER 3 – ORAL PROCEDURE

Rule 240 - Conduct of the oral hearing

Rule 241 - Conduct of the oral hearing for an appeal of a costs order

CHAPTER 4 – DECISIONS AND EFFECT OF DECISIONS

Rule 242 - Decision of the Court of Appeal

Rule 243 - Referral back

Rule 244 - (void)

CHAPTER 5 – PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION FOR REHEARING

Rule 245 - Lodging of an Application for rehearing

Rule 246 - Contents of the Application for rehearing

Rule 247 - Fundamental procedural defects

Rule 248 - Obligation to raise objections

Rule 249 - Definition of criminal offence

Rule 250 - Fee for the rehearing

Rule 251 - Suspensive effect

Rule 252 - Examination as to formal requirements of the Application for rehearing

Rule 253 - Assignment of Application for rehearing to a panel

Rule 254 - Examination of the Application for rehearing

Rule 255 - (void)

Rule 256 - (void)

Rule 257 - (void)

Rule 258 - (void)

Rule 259 - (void)

PART 5 – GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1 – GENERAL PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS

Rule 260 - Examination by the Registry of its own motion

Rule 261 - Date of pleadings

Rule 262 - Public access to the register

Rule 263 - Leave to change claim or amend case

Rule 264 - An opportunity to be heard

Rule 265 - Withdrawal

Rule 266 - Preliminary references to the Court of Justice of the European Union

Rule 267 - (void)

Rule 268 - (void)

Rule 269 - (void)

CHAPTER 2 – SERVICE

SECTION 1 – SERVICE WITHIN THE CONTRACTING MEMBER STATES OR BY AGREEMENT

Rule 270 - Scope of this Section

Rule 271 - Service of the Statement of claim

Rule 272 - Notice of service and non-service of the Statement of claim

SECTION 2 – SERVICE OUTSIDE THE CONTRACTING MEMBER STATES

Rule 273 - Scope of this Section

Rule 274 - Service outside the Contracting Member States

SECTION 3 – SERVICE BY AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD

Rule 275 - Service of the Statement of claim by an alternative method or at an alternative place

SECTION 4 – SERVICE OF ORDERS AND DECISIONS

Rule 276 - Service of orders and decisions

Rule 277 - (void)

Rule 278 - Service of other pleadings

Rule 279 - Change of electronic address for service

Rule 280 - (void)

Rule 281 - (void)

Rule 282 - (void)

Rule 283 - (void)

Rule 284 - (void)

CHAPTER 3 – RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF REPRESENTATIVES

Rule 285 - Powers of attorney

Rule 286 - Certificate that a representative is authorised to practice before the Court

Rule 287 - Attorney-client privilege

Rule 288 - Litigation privilege

Rule 289 - Privileges, immunities and facilities

Rule 290 - Powers of the Court as regards representatives

Rule 291 - Exclusion from the proceedings

Rule 292 - Patent attorneys' right of audience

Rule 293 - Change of a representative

Rule 294 - (void)

CHAPTER 4 – STAY OF PROCEEDINGS

Rule 295 - Stay of proceedings

Rule 296 - Duration and effects of a stay of proceedings

Rule 297 - Resumption of proceedings

Rule 298 - Accelerated proceedings before the European Patent Office

Rule 299 - (void)

CHAPTER 5 – TIME PERIODS

Rule 300 - Calculation of periods

Rule 301 - Automatic extension of periods

CHAPTER 6 – PARTIES TO PROCEEDINGS

SECTION 1 – PLURALITY OF PARTIES

Rule 302 - Plurality of claimants or patents

Rule 303 - Plurality of defendants

Rule 304 - Court fees in the event of plurality of parties

SECTION 2 – CHANGE IN PARTIES

Rule 305 - Change in parties

Rule 306 - Consequences for the proceedings

Rule 307 - (void)

Rule 308 - (void)

Rule 309 - (void)

SECTION 3 – DEATH, DEMISE OR INSOLVENCY OF A PARTY

Rule 310 - Death or demise of a party

Rule 311 - Insolvency of a party

SECTION 4 – TRANSFER OF PATENT

Rule 312 - Transfer of the patent or patent application during proceedings

SECTION 5 – INTERVENTION

Rule 313 - Application to intervene

Rule 314 - Order on Application to intervene

Rule 315 - Statement in intervention

Rule 316 - Invitation to intervene

Rule 317 - No appeal against an order on the Application to intervene

Rule 318 - (void)

Rule 319 - (void)

SECTION 6 – RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF RIGHTS

Rule 320 - Re-establishment of rights

CHAPTER 7 – MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ON LANGUAGES

Rule 321 - Application by both parties to use of the language in which the patent was granted as language of the proceedings

Rule 322 - Proposal from the judge-rapporteur to use of the language in which the patent was granted as language of the proceedings

Rule 323 - Application by one party to use the language in which the patent was granted as language of the proceedings

Rule 324 - Consequences where the language of the proceedings is changed in the course of the proceedings

Rule 325 - (void)

Rule 326 - (void)

Rule 327 - (void)

Rule 328 - (void)

Rule 329 - (void)

Rule 330 - (void)

CHAPTER 8 – CASE MANAGEMENT (Measures of organisation of procedure)

Rule 331 - Responsibility for case management

Rule 332 - General principles of case management

Rule 333 - Review of case management orders

Rule 334 - Case management powers

Rule 335 - Varying or revoking orders

Rule 336 - Exercise of case management powers

Rule 337 - Orders of the Court's own motion

Rule 338 - (void)

Rule 339 - (void)

Rule 340 - Connection — Joinder

CHAPTER 9 – RULES RELATING TO THE ORGANISATION OF THE COURT

Rule 341 - Precedence

Rule 342 - Dates, times and place of the sittings of the Court

Rule 343 - Order in which actions are to be dealt with

Rule 344 - Deliberations

Rule 345 - Composition of panels and assignment of actions

Rule 346 - Settling difficulties arising as to the application of Article 7 of the Statute

Rule 347 - (void)

Rule 348 - (void)

Rule 349 - (void)

CHAPTER 10 – DECISIONS AND ORDERS

Rule 350 - Decisions

Rule 351 - Orders

Rule 352 - Binding effect subject to security

Rule 353 - Rectification of decisions and orders

Rule 354 - Enforcement

CHAPTER 11 – DECISION BY DEFAULT

Rule 355 - Decision by default (Court of First Instance)

Rule 356 - Application to set aside a decision by default

Rule 357 - Decision by default (Court of Appeal)

Rule 358 - (void)

Rule 359 - (void)

CHAPTER 12 – ACTIONS BOUND TO FAIL OR MANIFESTLY INADMISSIBLE

Rule 360 - No need to adjudicate

Rule 361 - Action manifestly bound to fail

Rule 362 - Absolute bar to proceeding with an action

Rule 363 - Orders dismissing manifestly inadmissible claims

Rule 364 - (void)

CHAPTER 13 – SETTLEMENT

Rule 365 - Confirmation by the Court of a settlement

Rule 366 - (void)

Rule 367 - (void)

Rule 368 - (void)

Rule 369 - (void)

COURT FEES

Rule 370 - Court fees

Rule 371 - Time periods for paying court fees

Rule 372 - (void)

Rule 373 - (void)

Rule 374 - (void)

Rule 375 - Aim and scope

Rule 376 - Costs eligible for legal aid

Rule 377 - Conditions for granting legal aid

Rule 378 - Application for legal aid

Rule 379 - Examination and decision

Rule 380 - Withdrawal of legal aid

Rule 381 - Appeal

Rule 382 - Recovery