= Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (RoP) =

== Rule 270 ==

=== Scope of this Section ===

 1. The rules for service of the Statement of claim set out in this Section shall apply whenever the defendant has provided an electronic address for the purpose of service of the proceedings under Rule [[UPCA_RoP_271|271.1]] or [[UPCA_RoP_217|.2]] or has an address for service for the purpose of any one of the modes of service here provided within the territory of any of the Contracting Member States. 

 2. A Statement of claim, irrespective of where it is lodged, may be served in the manner here provided on a defendant in the territory of any of the Contracting Member States. 

 3. For the purpose of Rules [[UPCA_RoP_270|270]] to [[UPCA_RoP_275|275]] the term Statement of claim shall, where appropriate, include a Statement for revocation (Rule [[UPCA_RoP_045|45]]), a Statement for a declaration of non-infringement (Rule [[UPCA_RoP_060|60]]), an Application for preserving evidence (Rule [[UPCA_RoP_192|192]]) and an Application for provisional measures (Rule [[UPCA_RoP_206|206]]). 

== Notes ==

'''Status:''' [[UPCA_RoP_15th_Draft|15th draft of 31st May 2013]]