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Legislation and documents
Find all the official documents about the UPC in one convenient place.
Legislation establishing the UPC regime
Agreement on a Unified Patent Court
, 19 February 2013 (UPC Agreement or UPCA)
Regulation 1257/2012
(Unitary Patent Regulation)
Regulation 1260/2012
(Unitary Patent Translation Regulation)
Regulation 1215/2012
(as amended) (Recast Brussels 1 Regulation)
The UPC
Agreement on a Unified Patent Court
(UPC Agreement or UPCA)
Minutes of signing the UPC Agreement and declaration of the contracting states concerning the preparations for the coming into operation of the UPC
, 19 February 2013
Progress on ratification
Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application
(PPA)
Progress on signature/ratification
Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the Unified Patent Court
(PPI)
Progress on signature/ratification
Rules of Procedure of the UPC
(as adopted by decision of the Administrative Committee on 8 July 2022)
Representatives
Rules on the European Patent Litigation Certificate and other appropriate qualifications
, 22 February 2022
Code of Conduct for Representatives
, 8 February 2023
Court divisions
UPC locations
Set-up of local and regional divisions,
8 July 2022
Agreement on the establishment of a Nordic-Baltic regional division
, 4 March 2014
Detailed split of subject-matter over central division sections
(London subject-matter to be re-allocated)
Court fees
Table of Court fees
, 8 July 2022
Case Management System
Case Management System. New authentication and electronic signature. How to authenticate to the CMS system
,
11 November 2022
Finance
Financial Regulations of the UPC,
22 February 2022 and
Decision of the Administrative Committee governing the financial management of the UPC during the provisional application period
,
22 February 2022
Draft Decision concerning the budget for the provisional application period
, 23 February 2022
Rules of Procedure of the UPC’s Presidium, Administrative Committee, Budget Committee and Advisory Committee
Rules of Procedure of the Presidium
, 29 November 2022
Rules of Procedure of the Administrative Committee
and
Special Rules for the provisional application period
, 22 February 2022
Rules of Procedure of the Budget Committee
and
Special Rules for the provisional application period
, 23 February 2022
Rules of Procedure of the Advisory Committee
and
Amendment to the Rules for the provisional application period
, 24 February 2022
Other
Human Resources documents
Rules of Operation of the Mediation and Arbitration Centre
,
8 July 2022
The unitary patent
Regulation 1257/2012
(Unitary Patent Regulation)
Regulation 1260/2012
(Unitary Patent Translation Regulation)
Rules relating to Unitary Patent Protection
, 15 December 2015, as amended 23 March 2022
Rules relating to Fees for Unitary Patent Protection
, 15 December 2015
Budgetary and Financial Rules
, 15 December 2015
Rules of Procedure of the EPO Select Committee
, 25 June 2013,
amendment
1 October 2021,
amendment
14 October 2021
Overview of the UPC and unitary patent system
Unitary Patent & Unified Patent Court
(by the EPO)
The EPO's manual:
"The jurisdiction of European courts in patent disputes"
, 2018 (by the EPO’s European Patent Academy)
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