Editing Unitary patent (section)

====Jurisdiction====
The Unified Patent Court has exclusive jurisdiction in [[patent infringement|infringement]] and revocation proceedings involving European patents with unitary effect, and during a transition period non-exclusive jurisdiction regarding European patents without unitary effect in the states where the Agreement applies, unless the patent proprietor decides to opt out.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://documents.epo.org/projects/babylon/eponet.nsf/0/889924E4E28C5D0CC12578D3003F5046/$File/st11533_en.pdf |date=14 June 2011 |work=Council of the European Union |access-date=30 June 2012 |title=Draft agreement on a Unified Patent Court and draft Statute – Presidency text |quote=(...) the Unified Patent Court will be a court common to the Contracting Member States, thus situated within the judicial system of the European Union, with exclusive competence on their territories for European patents with unitary effect and European patents designating one or more Member States party to this Agreement |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705215439/http://documents.epo.org/projects/babylon/eponet.nsf/0/889924E4E28C5D0CC12578D3003F5046/$File/st11533_en.pdf |archive-date=5 July 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It furthermore has jurisdiction to hear cases against decisions of the European Patent Office regarding unitary patents. As a court of several member states of the European Union it may (Court of First Instance) or must (Court of Appeal) ask prejudicial questions to the [[European Court of Justice]] when the interpretation of EU law (including the two unitary patent regulations, but excluding the UPC Agreement) is not obvious.