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Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (RoP)

Rule 195

Oral hearing

  1. Where the Court decides to summon the parties to an oral hearing, the date for the oral hearing shall be set as soon as possible after the date of receipt of the Application for preserving evidence.
  2. Rules 111 to 116 shall apply mutatis mutandis. Where the applicant is absent from the oral hearing without a reasonable excuse, the Court shall reject the Application for preserving evidence.

  3. The decision of the Court on the Application for preserving evidence shall be given in writing as soon as possible after the closure of the oral hearing. If the Court deems appropriate, the decision may be given orally to the parties at the end of the oral hearing but shall as soon as practicable thereafter be given in writing.

Notes

Relation with Agreement: Article 60

Status: 15th draft of 31st May 2013