Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (42013A0620(01)) 
                
                
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Agreement on a Unified Patent Court
- on a Unified Patent Court
 - PART I
 - Article 1
 - Unified Patent Court
 - Article 2
 - Definitions
 - Article 3
 - Scope of application
 - Article 4
 - Legal status
 - Article 5
 - Liability
 - Article 6
 - The Court
 - Article 7
 - The Court of First Instance
 - Article 8
 - Composition of the panels of the Court of First Instance
 - Article 9
 - The Court of Appeal
 - Article 10
 - The Registry
 - Article 11
 - Committees
 - Article 12
 - The Administrative Committee
 - Article 13
 - The Budget Committee
 - Article 14
 - The Advisory Committee
 - Article 15
 - Eligibility criteria for the appointment of judges
 - Article 16
 - Appointment procedure
 - Article 17
 - Judicial independence and impartiality
 - Article 18
 - Pool of Judges
 - Article 19
 - Training framework
 - Article 20
 - Primacy of and respect for Union law
 - Article 21
 - Requests for preliminary rulings
 - Article 22
 - Liability for damage caused by infringements of Union law
 - Article 23
 - Responsibility of the Contracting Member States
 - Article 24
 - Sources of law
 - Article 25
 - Right to prevent the direct use of the invention
 - Article 26
 - Right to prevent the indirect use of the invention
 - Article 27
 - Limitations of the effects of a patent
 - Article 28
 - Right based on prior use of the invention
 - Article 29
 - Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a European patent
 - Article 30
 - Effects of supplementary protection certificates
 - Article 31
 - International jurisdiction
 - Article 32
 - Competence of the Court
 - Article 33
 - Competence of the divisions of the Court of First Instance
 - Article 34
 - Territorial scope of decisions
 - Article 35
 - Patent mediation and arbitration centre
 - PART II
 - Article 36
 - Budget of the Court
 - Article 37
 - Financing of the Court
 - Article 38
 - Financing of the training framework for judges
 - Article 39
 - Financing of the Centre
 - PART III
 - Article 40
 - Statute
 - Article 41
 - Rules of Procedure
 - Article 42
 - Proportionality and fairness
 - Article 43
 - Case management
 - Article 44
 - Electronic procedures
 - Article 45
 - Public proceedings
 - Article 46
 - Legal capacity
 - Article 47
 - Parties
 - Article 48
 - Representation
 - Article 49
 - Language of proceedings at the Court of First Instance
 - Article 50
 - Language of proceedings at the Court of Appeal
 - Article 51
 - Other language arrangements
 - Article 52
 - Written, interim and oral procedures
 - Article 53
 - Means of evidence
 - Article 54
 - Burden of proof
 - Article 55
 - Reversal of burden of proof
 - Article 56
 - The general powers of the Court
 - Article 57
 - Court experts
 - Article 58
 - Protection of confidential information
 - Article 59
 - Order to produce evidence
 - Article 60
 - Order to preserve evidence and to inspect premises
 - Article 61
 - Freezing orders
 - Article 62
 - Provisional and protective measures
 - Article 63
 - Permanent injunctions
 - Article 64
 - Corrective measures in infringement proceedings
 - Article 65
 - Decision on the validity of a patent
 - Article 66
 - Powers of the Court concerning decisions of the European Patent Office
 - Article 67
 - Power to order the communication of information
 - Article 68
 - Award of damages
 - Article 69
 - Legal costs
 - Article 70
 - Court fees
 - Article 71
 - Legal aid
 - Article 72
 - Period of limitation
 - Article 73
 - Appeal
 - Article 74
 - Effects of an appeal
 - Article 75
 - Decision on appeal and referral back
 - Article 76
 - Basis for decisions and right to be heard
 - Article 77
 - Formal requirements
 - Article 78
 - Decisions of the Court and dissenting opinions
 - Article 79
 - Settlement
 - Article 80
 - Publication of decisions
 - Article 81
 - Rehearing
 - Article 82
 - Enforcement of decisions and orders
 - PART IV
 - Article 83
 - Transitional regime
 - PART V
 - Article 84
 - Signature, ratification and accession
 - Article 85
 - Functions of the depositary
 - Article 86
 - Duration of the Agreement
 - Article 87
 - Revision
 - Article 88
 - Languages of the Agreement
 - Article 89
 - Entry into force
 - ANNEX I
 - Article 1
 - Scope of the Statute
 - CHAPTER I
 - Article 2
 - Eligibility of judges
 - Article 3
 - Appointment of judges
 - Article 4
 - Judges' term of office
 - Article 5
 - Appointment of the members of the Advisory Committee
 - Article 6
 - Oath
 - Article 7
 - Impartiality
 - Article 8
 - Immunity of judges
 - Article 9
 - End of duties
 - Article 10
 - Removal from office
 - Article 11
 - Training
 - Article 12
 - Remuneration
 - CHAPTER II
 - Article 13
 - President of the Court of Appeal
 - Article 14
 - President of the Court of First Instance
 - Article 15
 - Presidium
 - Article 16
 - Staff
 - Article 17
 - Judicial vacations
 - Article 18
 - Setting up and discontinuance of a local or regional division
 - Article 19
 - Panels
 - Article 20
 - Pool of Judges
 - Article 21
 - Panels
 - Article 22
 - Appointment and removal from office of the Registrar
 - Article 23
 - Duties of the Registrar
 - Article 24
 - Keeping of the register
 - Article 25
 - Sub-registries and Deputy-Registrar
 - CHAPTER III
 - Article 26
 - Budget
 - Article 27
 - Authorisation for expenditure
 - Article 28
 - Appropriations for unforeseeable expenditure
 - Article 29
 - Accounting period
 - Article 30
 - Preparation of the budget
 - Article 31
 - Provisional budget
 - Article 32
 - Auditing of accounts
 - Article 33
 - Financial Regulations
 - CHAPTER IV
 - Article 34
 - Secrecy of deliberations
 - Article 35
 - Decisions
 - Article 36
 - Dissenting opinions
 - Article 37
 - Decision by default
 - Article 38
 - Questions referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union
 - ANNEX II