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Unitary Patent
Unitary Patent Rules (The Rules relating to Unitary Patent Protection adopted by Decision of the
Select Committee of the Administrative Council of the EPO on 15 December 2015 (SC/D 1/15)):
http://documents.epo.org/projects/babylon/eponet.nsf/0/0F967C9C422EF4D1C1257F230059D1C0/$
File/edsc1501.pdf
The Rules relating to Fees for Unitary Patent Protection adopted by Decision of the Select
Committee of the Administrative Council of the EPO on 15 December 2015 (SC/D 2/15):
http://documents.epo.org/projects/babylon/eponet.nsf/0/EC5538ECBE1154E6C1257F23005A0F4F/$
File/edsc1502.pdf
Miscellaneous Measures
The European Patent Convention (EPC) (Convention on the Grant of European Patents of 5 October
1973 as revised by the Act revising Article 63 EPC of 17 December 1991 and the Act revising the EPC
of 29 November 2000 and as amended from time to time)
Full text available at:
https://new.epo.org/en/legal/epc/2020/EPC_conv_20230401_en_20230401.pdf
Consolidated Text: Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and
commercial matters (recast):
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02012R1215-20150226
Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the
enforcement of intellectual property rights (Text with EEA relevance):
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2004:195:0016:0025:en:PDF
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