{"id":23774,"date":"2022-09-20T14:30:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T12:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/?p=23774"},"modified":"2026-08-11T12:11:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:11:49","slug":"final-rules-of-procedure-of-the-upc-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/final-rules-of-procedure-of-the-upc-published\/","title":{"rendered":"Final rules of procedure of the Unified Patent Court published"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 8, 2022, the second meeting of the UPC Administrative Committee was held in Luxembourg. At this meeting, the member states participating in the provisional application of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPC) adopted some official documents.<\/p>\n<p>Among them, in particular, are the final Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court, as well as fee tables and organizational rules of the Patent Conciliation and Arbitration Center. In addition, among the published documents there are also those for the Human Resources Department, as well as for the finances and organization of the UPC.<\/p>\n<p>The final Rules of Procedure entered into force on September 1, 2022, and are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unified-patent-court.org\/sites\/default\/files\/rop_en_25_july_2022_final_consolidated_published_on_website_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available online as a PDF here<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 8, 2022, the second meeting of the UPC Administrative Committee was held in Luxembourg. 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