Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (RoP)

Rule 172

Duty to produce evidence

1. Evidence available to a party regarding a statement of fact that is contested or likely to be contested by the other party must be produced by the party making that statement of fact.
2. The Court may at any time during the proceedings order a party making a statement of fact to produce evidence that lies in the control of that party. If the party fails to produce the evidence, the Court shall take such failure into account when deciding on the issue in question.

Notes

Relation with Agreement: Article 53

Status: 15th draft of 31st May 2013