Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (RoP)

Rule 295

Stay of proceedings

The Court may stay proceedings

• (a) where it is seized of an action relating to a patent which is also the subject of opposition proceedings or limitation proceedings (including subsequent appeal proceedings) before the European Patent Office or a national authority;
  (b) where it is seized of an action relating to a supplementary protection certificate which is also the subject of proceedings before a national court or authority;
  (c) where an appeal is brought before the Court of Appeal against a decision or order of the Court of First Instance
  

  • (i) disposing of the substantive issues in part only,
    (ii) disposing of an admissibility issue or a Preliminary objection,
    (iii) dismissing an application to intervene [Rule 313 ];
    

  (d) at the joint request of the parties;
  (e) pursuant to Rule 37;
  (f) pursuant to Rule 118;
  (g) pursuant to Rule 136;
  (h) pursuant to Rule 266
  (i) pursuant to Rules 310 and 311
  (j) to give effect to the provisions of Regulation 1215/2012 and the Lugarno Convention
  (k) in any other case where the proper administration of justice so requires.

Notes

Status: 15th draft of 31st May 2013