Any panel of the Court of Appeal shall sit in a multi national composition of five judges. It shall sit in a composition of three legally qualified judges who are nationals of different Contracting Member States and two technically qualified judges with qualifications and experience in the field of technology concerned. Those technically qualified judges shall be assigned to the panel by the President of the Court of Appeal from the pool of judges in accordance with Article 18.
What is UPCA 009?
This is Article 009 from the UPCA (Übereinkommen über ein Einheitliches Patentgericht), which is part of the legal framework governing the Unified Patent Court in Europe.
Legal Text
Notwithstanding paragraph 1, a panel dealing with actions under Article 32(1)(i) shall sit in a composition of three legally qualified judges who are nationals of different Contracting Member States.
Any panel of the Court of Appeal shall be chaired by a legally qualified judge.
The panels of the Court of Appeal shall be set up in accordance with the Statute.
The Court of Appeal shall have its seat in Luxembourg.
Applied In
Official Source
This legal text is from the official UPCA framework governing the Unified Patent Court.
Reference: UPCA 009 (Article 009)