Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (RoP)

Rule 262

Without prejudice to Rule 207.6 written pleadings, written evidence, decisions and orders lodged at the Court and recorded by the Registry shall be available to the public for on-line consultation, unless a party requests that certain information be kept confidential and the Court makes such an order.
A party may lodge an Application with the Court for an order that certain information should be excluded from public access or restricted to certain named persons on the grounds set out in and in accordance with Article 58 of the Agreement.
The *Application shall contain:
- (a) details of the information alleged to be confidential or otherwise to be restricted,
  (b) the grounds upon which the applicant claims the information should be restricted and
  (c) details of the persons to be prohibited from access to the information or conversely to be allowed access.
The Court shall invite written comments from any other party prior to making any order.
Pending a decision of the Court on the Application the information alleged to be confidential shall not be publicly accessible on the register.
The Registrar shall as soon as practicable take all such steps with regard to access to the register as may be necessary to give effect to an order of the Court under this Rule.

Relation with Agreement: Articles 10, 45 and 85

Relation with draft Statute: Article 24(2)

Status: 15th draft of 31st May 2013