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1 ORDER of the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court issued on 16 July 2026 clarification on a conditional counterclaim for revocation HEADNOTES 1) Limiting a counterclaim for revocation by making it conditional upon a finding of infringement is permissible. 2) There is a need for clarification on such a conditional counterclaim if and when the infringement claimant appeals from a finding of non-infringement by the Court of First Instance. 3) In the event of an appeal by the infringement claimant , the counterclaimant may appeal against the Court of First Instance’s decision not to decide on the counterclaim for revocation . Even though upon a finding of non -infringement a decision not to decide on the counterclaim is i n accordance with the counterclaimant’s request, the (condition ...