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

== Rule 288 ==

=== Litigation privilege ===

Where a client, or a lawyer or patent attorney as specified in Rules [[UPCA_RoP_287|287.1]], [[UPCA_RoP_287|287.2]] , [[UPCA_RoP_287|287.6]] and [[UPCA_RoP_287|287.7]] instructed by a client in a professional capacity, communicates confidentially with a third party for the purposes of obtaining information or evidence of any nature for the purpose of or for use in any proceedings, including proceedings before the European Patent Office, such communications shall be privileged from disclosure in the same way and to the same extent as provided for in Rule [[UPCA_RoP_287|287]]. 

== Notes ==

Relation to Agreement: Article [[UPCA_048|48]](5)

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