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[[UPCA_056|ARTICLE 56]] - The general powers of the Court [[UPCA_057|ARTICLE 57]] - Court experts [[UPCA_058|ARTICLE 58]] - Protection of confidential information [[UPCA_059|ARTICLE 59]] - Order to produce evidence [[UPCA_060|ARTICLE 60]] - Order to preserve evidence and to inspect premises [[UPCA_061|ARTICLE 61]] - Freezing orders [[UPCA_062|ARTICLE 62]] - Provisional and protective measures [[UPCA_063|ARTICLE 63]] - Permanent injunctions [[UPCA_064|ARTICLE 64]] - Corrective measures in infringement proceedings [[UPCA_065|ARTICLE 65]] - Decision on the validity of a patent [[UPCA_066|ARTICLE 66]] - Powers of the Court concerning decisions of the European Patent Office [[UPCA_067|ARTICLE 67]] - Power to order the communication of information [[UPCA_068|ARTICLE 68]] - Award of damages [[UPCA_069|ARTICLE 69]] - Legal costs [[UPCA_070|ARTICLE 70]] - Court fees [[UPCA_071|ARTICLE 71]] - Legal aid [[UPCA_072|ARTICLE 72]] - Period of limitation |
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Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA)
PART I – GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I – GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 1 - Unified Patent Court
ARTICLE 2 - Definitions
ARTICLE 3 - Scope of application
ARTICLE 4 - Legal status
ARTICLE 5 - Liability
CHAPTER II – INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
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
CHAPTER III – JUDGES OF THE COURT
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
CHAPTER IV – THE PRIMACY OF UNION LAW, LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONTRACTING MEMBER STATES
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
CHAPTER V – SOURCES OF LAW AND SUBSTANTIVE LAW
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
CHAPTER VI – INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION AND COMPETENCE
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
CHAPTER VII – PATENT MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION
ARTICLE 35 - Patent mediation and arbitration centre
PART II – FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
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 – ORGANISATION AND PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I – GENERAL PROVISIONS
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
CHAPTER II – LANGUAGE OF PROCEEDINGS
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
CHAPTER III – PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT
ARTICLE 52 - Written, interim and oral procedures
ARTICLE 53 - Means of evidence
ARTICLE 54 - Burden of proof
ARTICLE 55 - Reversal of burden of proof
CHAPTER IV – POWERS OF THE COURT
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
CHAPTER V – APPEALS
ARTICLE 73 - Appeal
ARTICLE 74 - Effects of an appeal
ARTICLE 75 - Decision on appeal and referral back
CHAPTER VI - DECISIONS
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 – TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 83 - Transitional regime
PART V – FINAL PROVISIONS
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