Written pleadings and other documents shall be signed and lodged at the Registry or relevant sub-registry in electronic form. Parties shall make use of the official forms available online. The receipt of documents shall be confirmed by the automatic issue of an electronic receipt, which shall indicate the date and local time of receipt.
What is UPCRoP 004?
This is Rule 004 from the UPCRoP (Verfahrensordnung des Einheitlichen Patentgerichts), which is part of the legal framework governing the Unified Patent Court in Europe.
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Where it is not possible to lodge a document electronically for the reason that the electronic case management system of the Court has ceased to function a party may lodge a document in hard-copy form at the Registry or a sub -registry. An electronic copy of the document shall be lodged as soon as practicable thereafter.
Relation with Agreement: Article 44.
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This legal text is from the official UPCRoP framework governing the Unified Patent Court.
Reference: UPCRoP 004 (Rule 004)