(1) An appeal on points of fact and law (Berufung) from judgments of the Nullity Boards at the Federal Patent Court (section 84) may be filed with the Federal Court of Justice.
(2) An appeal on points of fact and law is filed by giving written notice of appeal on fact and law to the Federal Court of Justice.
(3) The time limit for the filing of an appeal on points of fact and law is one month. It commences upon service of the judgment in complete form, at the latest, however, after the expiry of a period of five months following delivery.
(4) The notice of appeal must contain the following:
1. an indication of the judgment against which the appeal on points of fact and law is being filed;
2. a declaration that an appeal on points of fact and law is being filed against this judgment.
(5) The general provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure on preparatory written pleadings apply to the notice of appeal.
(6) An execution copy or a certified copy of the contested judgment is, as a rule, to be submitted together with the notice of appeal.
(7) Orders issued by the Nullity Boards are contestable only together with their judgments (section 84); section 71 (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure does not apply.
(8) Sections 515, 516 and 521 (1) and (2) sentence 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply accordingly.