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1 UPC_CFI_382/2025 Decision on costs of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court Central Division Milan delivered on 31/07/2025 Headnotes: 1. Art. 69 UPCA, by requiring legal costs to be proportionate and reasonable (see also Rule 152.1 RoP ), establishes a legal stan dard that enables the judge-rapporteur to issue a decision on legal costs. One might ask whether this provision is compliant with Art. 8 and 78 UPCA, which provide for a decision to be issued in principle by a panel. It can be assumed that, once a decision on the merits has been taken, the requirements of proceedings efficiency and proportionality prevail ( the decision on costs or damages are usually less complex than that on the merits and can therefore be taken without involving a panel), as stated in the pr ...