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1 ORDER of the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court issued on 5 August 2024 concerning service of a Statement of claim on defendants in China and Taiwan (R.273 and R.274 RoP) HEADNOTE - A defendant company in China or Taiwan cannot, as a starting point, be served a Statement of claim via a company within the same group in a Contracting Member State. Such a group company cannot automatically be seen as a statutory seat, central administration or principal place of business of a defendant company in China or Taiwan, nor a place where such defendant has a permanent or temporary place of business. - Attempts to serve in China by any method provided for by the Hague Convention pursuant to R.274.1(a)(ii) RoP shall normally be made before service permitted by the law of the state where ser ...