About Net Service Academy

Net Service Academy is the academic division of Net Service, the IT services provider for UPC that designed and implemented the Content Management System of the Unified Patent Court.

The Academy is dedicated to the delivery of CMS education courses aimed at both internal UPC staff and external users. Our trainers are trained in the use of all the roles implemented in CMS and have also trained UPC Judges and Clerks. Alongside trainers who possess technical skills are trainers with legal skills.

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Appeal RoP220.1

The Statement of Appeal must be lodged within the two months of service of either a final decision of the Court of First Instance or any decisions terminating one party’s proceedings (RoP220 (a) or (b)) pursuant to RoP 224(a).

The judge may invite the party to comment with a decision being issued within 3 weeks of receipt of the Statement of Appeal by the Registry and appeals against separate decisions relating to infringement and validity may be heard at the same time.

Note that this appeal scenario is based on the language of proceedings at the Court of First Instance being selected and preliminary examination resulting in the Statement of grounds of appeal complying with RoP226.

Introduction to the UPC CMS

The Case Management System is the core collaboration platform for performing the judicial tasks of the UPC. It is the official channel to access the Court and to perform activities with legal validity, and it provides the technical environment for interactions of the UPC staff as well as between the UPC internal and external users.