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In this landmark request for a preliminary ruling, the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court is dealing for the first time with fundamental questions concerning the jurisdiction and liability of authorised…
Read more →Sep 26, 2025
If the court determines that a party's representative cannot effectively represent them and grants the party a period of time to appoint a new representative, it may require that the appointment be accompanied by a…
Read more →Sep 11, 2025
Lawyers and patent attorneys are not exempt from the duty to represent when they are themselves a party in proceedings before the UPC. The duty to represent is an admissibility requirement that affects fundamental…
Read more →Before the UPC, neither a legal representative of a legal entity nor any other natural person who has extensive administrative and financial powers within that legal entity - whether as a result of holding a senior…
Read more →Aug 3, 2022
A change of representative cannot regularly be recognized as a reasoning for amendments to the party's appeal case being filed after notification of the summons to oral proceedings. To accept such an reasoning would…
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