Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (RoP)

Rule 302

Plurality of claimants or patents

1. The Court may order that proceedings commenced by a plurality of claimants or in respect of a plurality of patents be heard in separate proceedings.
2. Where the Court orders a separation of proceedings the Court shall decide on the payment of a new court fee (or court fees) in accordance with Part 6.
3. The Court may order that parallel infringement or revocation proceedings relating to the same patent (or patents) and before the same local or regional division or the central division or the Court of Appeal be heard together where it is in the interests of justice to do so.

Notes

Status: 15th draft of 31st May 2013