{"id":8559,"date":"2014-11-12T19:35:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T19:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hgf.com\/?p=8559"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:05:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:05:34","slug":"17th-draft-rules-of-procedure-of-the-upc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hgf.com\/de\/knowledge-hub\/legal-updates\/17th-draft-rules-of-procedure-of-the-upc\/","title":{"rendered":"17th Draft Rules of Procedure of the UPC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UPC Preparatory Committee\u2019s 17th draft Rules of Procedure of the UPC have been published together with the Committee\u2019s explanatory note<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Changes in short:<\/p>\n

Bifurcation \u2013 removing the \u201cinjunction gap\u201d. Amended provisions require the central division to endeavour to hear bifurcated validity proceedings referred to it before the infringement hearing in the local or regional division, rather than potentially much later.<\/p>\n

Procedural Appeals – the new draft of the relevant rule (220.2) clarifies that the Court of Appeal may give permission to hear procedural appeals.<\/p>\n

Language Regime \u2013 a new rule 14 allows for proceeding to be conducted in an \u201cofficial language\u201d or an \u201cadditional language\u201d, with certain exceptions, which include the \u201csmall local operator\u201d clause which protects locally
\noperating defendants to ensure that they will only be sued in the \u201chome\u201d language.<\/p>\n

A public consultation on the new draft will be held on 26 November 2014 in Trier, Germany; a webcast of the event is also planned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UPC Preparatory Committee\u2019s 17th draft Rules of Procedure of the UPC have been published together with the Committee\u2019s explanatory note. 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