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Links to Key Legislation and Procedural Rules
The majority of the substantive law and procedure relevant to an action before the Court can be found
on one of the following three websites: UPC; EPO; Eur-Lex. For ease of reference, links to the key pieces
of legislation and procedural rules are set out in the table below.
UPCA
Council Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (2013/C 175/01):
https://www.unified-patent-court.org/sites/default/files/upc_documents
/agreement-on-a-unified-patent-court.pdf
Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court, as established in accordance with art.41 UPCA:
https://www.unified-patent-court.org/sites/default/files/upc_documents/rop_en_
25_july_2022_final_consolidated_published_on_website.pdf
Table of Court Fees:
https://www.unified-patent-court.org/sites/default/files/upc_documents/ac_05_
08072022_table_of_court_fees_en_final_for_publication_clean.pdf
Guidelines for the determination of the court fees and the ceiling of recoverable costs:
https://www.unified-patent-court.org/sites/default/files/upc_documents/dac_09_24042023_guidelines_e_for-publication.pdf
Scale of ceilings for recoverable costs:
https://www.unified-patent-court.org/sites/default/files/upc_documents/dac_10_24042023_ceiling_e_for-publication.pdf
Code of Conduct for Representatives:
https://www.unified-patent-court.org/sites/default/files/upc_documents/ac_06_
08022023_en_code-of-conduct-representatives.pdf
Unitary Patent
Unitary Patent Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 17 December 2012 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of
unitary patent protection):
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:361:0001:0008:en:PDF
Translation Regulation (Council Regulation (EU) No 1260/2012 of 17 December 2012 implementing
enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection with regard to the
applicable translation arrangements):
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32012R1260&from=EN:
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