= Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (RoP) =

== Rule 17 ==

=== Recording in the register (Court of First Instance, infringement action) ===

 1. If the requirements referred to in Rule [[UPCA_RoP_016|16.2]] have been complied with, the Registry shall as soon as practicable, 

  (a) record the date of receipt of the Statement of claim and attribute an action number to the file, <<BR>> 
  (b) record the file in the register, <<BR>>
  (c) inform the claimant of the action number of the file and the date of receipt.

 2. The President of the Court of First Instance or such judge of a division to whom the President has delegated this task shall assign the action to a panel. Unless otherwise agreed by the panel the most senior judge shall be the presiding judge. 

 3. The action shall be regarded as pending before the Court as from the date of receipt attributed to the Statement of claim. 


== Notes ==

Relation with Agreement: [[UPCA_010|Article 10]]

'''Status:''' [[UPCA_RoP_15th_Draft|15th draft of 31st May 2013]]