= 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 <<BR>>
  (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, <<BR>>
  (b) the arguments of law, <<BR>>
  (c) the facts and evidence relied on. 

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

== Notes ==

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