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Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (RoP)

Rule 248

Obligation to raise objections

  1. An Application for rehearing based on the ground of a fundamental procedural defect is only admissible where an objection in respect of the procedural defect was raised during the proceedings before the Court of First Instance or the Court of Appeal and dismissed by the Court, except where such objection could not be raised during the proceedings before the Court of First Instance or the Court of Appeal.
  2. An application for rehearing based upon the ground of a fundamental procedural defect is not admissible where the party could have brought an appeal in respect of the defect but failed to do so.

Notes

[Rule 106 EPC]

Status: 15th draft of 31st May 2013