Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (RoP)
Rule 232
Translation of file
- If the language of the proceedings before the Court of Appeal is not the language of the proceedings before the Court of First Instance, the judge-rapporteur may order the appellant to lodge, within a time period to be specified, translations into the language of the proceedings before the Court of Appeal of
(a) written pleadings and other documents lodged by the parties before the Court of First Instance, as specified by the judge-rapporteur,
(b) decisions or orders of the Court of First Instance.
If the appellant fails to lodge the translations under paragraph 1 within the period specified, the Court of Appeal may reject the appeal by a decision by default in accordance with Rule 357 . The panel may give the appellant an opportunity to be heard beforehand.
- The appellant may request that documented costs of translations be taken into account when the Court fixes the amount of costs in accordance with Part 1, Chapter 5. and (3)
Notes
Relation with Agreement: Article 50(2)
Status: 15th draft of 31st May 2013