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1 Nordic-Baltic Regional Division UPC_CFI_380/2023 Procedural Order of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court delivered on 20 August 2024 HEADNOTES: During the written procedure, Article 33(10) UPCA and Rule 295(a) RoP give the Court a possibility to stay proceedings relating to a patent which is also the subject of opposition proceedings before the EPO, if a rapid decision may be expected from the EPO. Rule 118.2(b) RoP, which include s an obligation to stay proceedings in certain situations, only apply during the oral procedure. This follows from the title of Rule 118 (“Decision on the merits”) and the fact that it is placed in the Chapter of the RoP governing the oral procedure. An application to stay proceedings based on Article 33(3) (b) UPCA, may be dismissed if subm ...