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Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (RoP)

Rule 315

Statement in intervention

  1. If an Application to intervene is admissible, the judge-rapporteur or the presiding judge shall
    • (a) inform the parties to proceedings and
      (b) specify a period within which the intervener may lodge a Statement in intervention.

  2. The Registry shall as soon as practicable serve on the intervener any written pleading served by the parties. On a reasoned request by a party the Court may for the protection of confidential information order that a pleading or part of a pleading be disclosed only to certain named persons and subject to appropriate terms of non-disclosure.
  3. The *Statement in intervention shall contain
    • (a) a statement as to the issues involving the intervener and one or more of the parties, and their connection to the matters in dispute,
      (b) the arguments of law,
      (c) the facts and evidence relied on.

  4. The intervener shall be treated as a party, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

Notes

Status: 15th draft of 31st May 2013