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Unified Patent Court (UPC)

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

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Unified Patent Court (UPC)

PART I – GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER I – GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER II – INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER III – JUDGES OF THE COURT

CHAPTER IV – THE PRIMACY OF UNION LAW, LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONTRACTING MEMBER STATES

CHAPTER V – SOURCES OF LAW AND SUBSTANTIVE LAW

CHAPTER VI – INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION AND COMPETENCE

CHAPTER VII – PATENT MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION

PART II – FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

PART III – ORGANISATION AND PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER I – GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER II – LANGUAGE OF PROCEEDINGS

CHAPTER III – PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT

CHAPTER IV – POWERS OF THE COURT

CHAPTER V – APPEALS

CHAPTER VI - DECISIONS

PART IV – TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

PART V – FINAL PROVISIONS