For the purposes of this Agreement:
What is UPCA 002?
This is Article 002 from the UPCA (Übereinkommen über ein Einheitliches Patentgericht), which is part of the legal framework governing the Unified Patent Court in Europe.
Legal Text
(a)
'Court' means the Unified Patent Court created by this Agreement.
(b)
'Member State' means a Member State of the European Union.
(c)
'Contracting Member State' means a Member State party to this Agreement.
(d)
'EPC' means the Convention on the Grant of European Patents of 5 October 1973, including any subsequent amendments.
(e)
'European patent' means a patent granted under the provisions of the EPC, which does not benefit from unitary effect by virtue of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012.
(f)
'European patent with unitary effect' means a patent granted under the provisions of the EPC which benefits from unitary effect by virtue of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012.
(g)
'Patent' means a European patent and/or a European patent with unitary effect.
(h)
'Supplementary protection certificate' means a supplementary protection certificate granted under Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 or under Regulation (EC) No 1610/96.
(i)
'Statute' means the Statute of the Court as set out in Annex I, which shall be an integral part of this Agreement.
(j)
'Rules of Procedure' means the Rules of Procedure of the Court, as established in accordance with Article 41.
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Official Source
This legal text is from the official UPCA framework governing the Unified Patent Court.
Reference: UPCA 002 (Article 002)