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<p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The
Unified Patent Court will be an international court with jurisdiction over patent
disputes across multiple states. The Court will draw on multiple sources of law when
making its rulings and is bound to follow relevant EU Law. Consequently it will be
able to send queries (through preliminary references) to the Court of Justice of the
EU on the correct interpretation of EU law. The Court of Justice of the EU is not
an appellate court of the UPC, which has its own Court of Appeal.</p><p> </p><p>Although
the Court is not an EU institution, it is established under an international agreement
that is presently only open to EU Member States. Our future relationship with the
Court will therefore be subject to negotiation with our European Partners, in order
to reflect the UK’s changing status, as we leave the EU. It would be wrong to set
out unilateral positions in advance of those negotiations, which have not yet begun.</p><p><strong>
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