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In this tutorial, you will learn what the new EU unitary patent is, how it differs from the European patent and what changes with its introduction. You will also learn about the new Unified Patent Court and what responsibilities it has. And we will show you the advantages and possible disadvantages of the European unitary patent. This tutorial complements a three-part tutorial series introducing the topics of “intellectual property and patent research”. The information in this tutorial is training material and does not replace legal advice. No liability is accepted for the accuracy and completeness of the information. The tutorial series was created as part of the “Utilization of research results through visual patent retrieval” (ExpResViP) project, which the Leibniz Association carried out together with the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems (IAIS) and the University of Hildesheim. The work is protected by copyright. Any use outside the narrow limits of copyright law is prohibited and punishable without the consent of the author. This applies in particular to reproductions, translations and storage and processing in electronic systems. Author: Heike Schubert, patent attorney, Braeuning & Schubert Patentanwälte GbR