Litigation privilege
Chapter 3 – Rights and obligations of representatives
Rule 288 – Litigation privilege
Where a client, or a lawyer or patent attorney as specified in Rule 287.1, .2, .6 and .7 instructed by a client in a professional capacity, communicates confidentially with a third party for the purposes of obtaining information or evidence of any nature for the purpose of or for use in any proceedings, including proceedings before the European Patent Office, such communications shall be privileged from disclosure in the same way and to the same extent as provided for in Rule 287.
Relation with Agreement:
Article 48(5) – Representation
Relation with Statute:
Linking to this rule:
Rule 190 – Order to produce evidence