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Academy · Guides

# Patents

Type

- [All](https://www.pitch.law/academy/topics/patents)
- [Guides](https://www.pitch.law/academy/guides/topics/patents)
- [News](https://www.pitch.law/academy/news/topics/patents)

Topic

- [All topics](https://www.pitch.law/academy/guides)
- [Intellectual property](https://www.pitch.law/academy/guides/topics/intellectual-property)
- [Patents](https://www.pitch.law/academy/guides/topics/patents)
- [New gTLDs](https://www.pitch.law/academy/guides/topics/gtld)
- [Information Technology](https://www.pitch.law/academy/guides/topics/information-technology)
- [Privacy & Data Protection](https://www.pitch.law/academy/guides/topics/privacy)
- [Commercial](https://www.pitch.law/academy/guides/topics/commercial)
- [Corporate and M\&A](https://www.pitch.law/academy/guides/topics/corporate-m-a)
- [Tax](https://www.pitch.law/academy/guides/topics/tax)
- [Legal Aspects of Artificial Intelligence](https://www.pitch.law/academy/guides/topics/legal-aspects-of-artificial-intelligence)

* [Guide](https://www.pitch.law/academy/freedom-to-operate-analysis)
  ### [Freedom-to-Operate Analysis](https://www.pitch.law/academy/freedom-to-operate-analysis)
  [What a freedom-to-operate analysis is, how claims are read against a product, what it can and cannot tell you, and what to do when it finds a problem.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/freedom-to-operate-analysis)
* [Guide](https://www.pitch.law/academy/prior-art-search-patents)
  ### [Prior Art and How to Search for It](https://www.pitch.law/academy/prior-art-search-patents)
  [What counts as prior art under the European Patent Convention, what a patentability search covers, how it is done and what it cannot tell you.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/prior-art-search-patents)
* [Guide](https://www.pitch.law/academy/unified-patent-court)
  ### [The Unified Patent Court](https://www.pitch.law/academy/unified-patent-court)
  [How the Unified Patent Court is organised, what it decides, how its proceedings differ from national courts, and what the opt-out means for your European patents.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/unified-patent-court)
* [Guide](https://www.pitch.law/academy/unitary-patent)
  ### [The Unitary Patent](https://www.pitch.law/academy/unitary-patent)
  [What unitary effect is, which states it covers in October 2026, how it differs from validating a European patent country by country, and when each route makes sense.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/unitary-patent)

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