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Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (RoP)

Rule 186

Duties of a court expert

  1. The court expert shall present an expert report in writing within the time period specified by the Court [Rule 185.4(f)].

  2. The court expert shall be under the supervision of the Court and shall inform the Court of his progress in carrying out his task.
  3. The court expert shall give expert advice only on questions which have been put to him.
  4. The court expert shall not communicate with one party without the other party being present or without the consent of the other party.
  5. The court expert shall not communicate the contents of his report to third parties.
  6. The court expert shall attend the oral hearing and shall be open to questions from the Court and the parties.

Notes

Status: 15th draft of 31st May 2013