The Unified Patent Court invites external users to practice the CMS Sunrise functionalities starting from November 28, for a period of 3 weeks, until December 16 2022.

All tests will be carried out in the CMS test environment. This environment is a copy of the CMS production environment that will be launched in the Sunrise period.

Users can access the test environment using this link:  https://cerus.unified-patent-court.org/login.

The aim of the CMS practice period is to validate that the CMS fits into the real world environment. In addition, It will allow users to test Sunrise CMS functionalities and confirm that all system components operate together and comply with legal and business requirements.

The UPC IT team will provide support to external users during this practice period. In case of needed support, users can send their requests using the contact form which is available in the website,https://www.unified-patent-court.org/en/contact.

Please note that the support will be strictly limited to IT issues and the UPC IT team will deliver support on the best effort basis.

In order to send a request related to the Sunrise Practice Period, please select, in the contact form, the type of enquiry “CMS SUNRISE PRACTICE – IT ISSUE”.

In the message box, please add the following information:

• Test case description;
• Expected results;
• Version of the CMS.

Please note that:

• The strong authentication is not yet activated in the CMS test environment. Users can test this functionality starting from December 10.
• Users will need to create a new user account to test the CMS functionalities before activation of the Strong Authentication.
• Users should not provide real data or real documents when testing CMS functionalities.

Disclaimer: this communication contains information and requirements that applies only to the Sunrise Test Practice Period, starting from November 28, 2022 until December 16, 2022.