The following persons may not serve simultaneously as judges of the Federal Patent Court where they are related to serving Court members in the following capacities:
spouses, registered partners or domestic partners;
spouses, registered partners and domestic partners of siblings;
relatives in direct lineage and relatives in collateral lineage up to and including the third degree;
relatives in-law in direct lineage and relatives in-law in collateral lineage up to and including the third degree;
The provision of paragraph 1 letter d applies accordingly to domestic partnerships.
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