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1 DECISION of the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court as of 27 March 2026 HEADNOTE (i) In UPC proceedings, which are organized by electronic procedures (Art. 44 UPCA) in which written pleadings and other documents shall be lodged in electronic form (R. 4.1 RoP), the first step to be taken by the UPC representative appointed by a Party is, using the served access code provided by the Registry to said Party, to log onto the case file in the Case Management System. (ii) This first step enables the Party and its representative to have access to the file and to be aware of the case. The mere access to the file, before any active step or defense, is however not sufficient to establish a deliberate choice regarding the jurisdiction of the UPC. Another step is required in order to constitu ...