Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

• “the Agreement” means the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court done in Brussels on 19th February 2013^f1;

• “Committee” means any of the Administrative Committee, the Budget Committee and the Advisory Committee established under Article 11 of the Agreement;

• “the Court” means the Unified Patent Court established under Article 1 of the Agreement;

• “Deputy-Registrar” means the Deputy-Registrar appointed under Article 25 of the Statute;

• “Judge” means a Judge of the Court;

• “official activities” in relation to the Court means the activities that are necessary for the purposes and functions conferred upon it by the Agreement and the Statute;

• “premises of the Court” means land and buildings made available to the Court by a State party to the Agreement in accordance with Article 37 of the Agreement and used for the official activities of the Court;

• “the Presidium” means the Presidium referred to in Article 15 of the Statute;

• “the Protocol” means the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the Unified Patent Court done in Brussels on 29th June 2016^f2;

• “Registrar” means the Registrar appointed under Article 22 of the Statute;

• “Staff” means all personnel employed by the Court as officials and other servants of the Court except the Judges, Registrar and Deputy-Registrar;

• “State Party” means a State party to the Protocol; and

• “the Statute” means the Statute of the Court as set out in Annex I of the Agreement.