Overview · Filed: Jun 12, 2025
UPC_CoA_521/2025
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| Target | Legal point | Strength | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rule 12.1(a) EPLC Rules | transitional period for representative registration under EPLC | Binding | Pursuant to Rule 12.1 EPLC Rules, such courses are deemed appropriate qualification only "[d]uring a period of one year from the entry into force of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court". |
| Article 48(2) | qualification requirements for UPC representatives | Binding | claiming that he fulfilled the requirements of Article 48(2) of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA). |
| Rule 2 EPLC Rules | accredited course requirement for EPLC certificate | Binding | The applicant's request does not meet the requirements set out in Rule 2 and 12.1(a) EPLC Rules respectively. |
| Rule 12.2 EPLC Rules | limitation on courses completed by 31 December 2020 | Background | would imply that the validity is limited to certificates granted within the period of one year from the entry into force of the Agreement and subsequently contradict with Rule 12.2 EPLC Rules, which limits the exception in Rule 12.1(a) EPLC Rules ... |
| Rule 13 EPLC Rules | no time limit for submitting request for registration | Background | Rule 12 EPLC Rules does not set a time limit for submitting a request for registration, as confirmed by Rules 13 and 14 EPLC Rules. |
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