As courts common to several Member States, the Unified Patent Court and the Benelux Court of Justice cannot, unlike a court of one Member State, exercise jurisdiction on the basis of national law with respect to defendants not domiciled in a Member State.
Ós rud é gur cúirteanna iad is coiteann do roinnt Ballstát, ní féidir le Cúirt Aontaithe na bPaitinní ná le Cúirt Bhreithiúnais Benelux, ní hamhail cúirt Bhallstáit amháin, dlínse a fheidhmiú ar bhonn an dlí náisiúnta i leith cosantóirí nach bhfuil sainchónaí orthu i mBallstát.