welcome: please sign in
Differences between revisions 2 and 20 (spanning 18 versions)
Revision 2 as of 2013-08-13 12:09:26
Size: 4432
Editor: WikiWorker
Comment:
Revision 20 as of 2013-08-14 11:05:24
Size: 5441
Editor: WikiWorker
Comment:
Deletions are marked like this. Additions are marked like this.
Line 1: Line 1:
= 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
= Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) =

== PART I – GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS ==

===
CHAPTER I – GENERAL PROVISIONS ===

[[UPCA_00
1|ARTICLE 1]] - Unified Patent Court

[[UPCA_00
2|ARTICLE 2]] - Definitions

[[UPCA_00
3|ARTICLE 3]] - Scope of application

[[UPCA_00
4|ARTICLE 4]] - Legal status

[[UPCA_00
5|ARTICLE 5]] - Liability

=== CHAPTER II – INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS ===

[[UPCA_00
6|ARTICLE 6]] - The Court

[[UPCA_00
7|ARTICLE 7]] - The Court of First Instance

[[UPCA_00
8|ARTICLE 8]] - Composition of the panels of the Court of First Instance

[[UPCA_00
9|ARTICLE 9]] - The Court of Appeal

[[UPCA_0
10|ARTICLE 10]] - The Registry

[[UPCA_0
11|ARTICLE 11]] - Committees

[[UPCA_0
12|ARTICLE 12]] - The Administrative Committee

[[UPCA_0
13|ARTICLE 13]] - The Budget Committee

[[UPCA_0
14|ARTICLE 14]] - The Advisory Committee

=== CHAPTER III – JUDGES OF THE COURT ===

[[UPCA_0
15|ARTICLE 15]] - Eligibility criteria for the appointment of judges

[[UPCA_0
16|ARTICLE 16]] - Appointment procedure

[[UPCA_0
17|ARTICLE 17]] - Judicial independence and impartiality

[[UPCA_0
18|ARTICLE 18]] - Pool of Judges

[[UPCA_0
19|ARTICLE 19]] - Training framework

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

[[UPCA_0
20|ARTICLE 20]] - Primacy of and respect for Union law

[[UPCA_0
21|ARTICLE 21]] - Requests for preliminary rulings

[[UPCA_0
22|ARTICLE 22]] - Liability for damage caused by infringements of Union law

[[UPCA_0
23|ARTICLE 23]] - Responsibility of the Contracting Member States

=== CHAPTER V – SOURCES OF LAW AND SUBSTANTIVE LAW ===

[[UPCA_0
24|ARTICLE 24]] - Sources of law

[[UPCA_0
25|ARTICLE 25]] - Right to prevent the direct use of the invention

[[UPCA_0
26|ARTICLE 26]] - Right to prevent the indirect use of the invention

[[UPCA_0
27|ARTICLE 27]] - Limitations of the effects of a patent

[[UPCA_0
28|ARTICLE 28]] - Right based on prior use of the invention

[[UPCA_0
29|ARTICLE 29]] - Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a European patent

[[UPCA_0
30|ARTICLE 30]] - Effects of supplementary protection certificates

=== CHAPTER VI – INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION AND COMPETENCE ===

[[UPCA_0
31|ARTICLE 31]] - International jurisdiction

[[UPCA_0
32|ARTICLE 32]] - Competence of the Court

[[UPCA_0
33|ARTICLE 33]] - Competence of the divisions of the Court of First Instance

[[UPCA_0
34|ARTICLE 34]] - Territorial scope of decisions

=== CHAPTER VII – PATENT MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION ===

[[UPCA_0
35|ARTICLE 35]] - Patent mediation and arbitration centre


== PART II – FINANCIAL PROVISIONS ==

[[UPCA_0
36|ARTICLE 36]] - Budget of the Court

[[UPCA_0
37|ARTICLE 37]] - Financing of the Court

[[UPCA_0
38|ARTICLE 38]] - Financing of the training framework for judges

[[UPCA_0
39|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

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