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title: "Patents | Pitch"
description: "Patent strategy, filing, prosecution, portfolio management and enforcement across European and international jurisdictions"
url: https://www.pitch.law/patents
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[pitch](https://www.pitch.law/) Focus areas Patents

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

# Strategic patent decisions that maximise return on innovation

Patent strategy, filing, prosecution, portfolio management and enforcement across European and international jurisdictions

01Solutions

## Solutions

- ### [360° Patent Strategy](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/patent-strategy)
  [Decide what to protect, where and when, and plan the cost, so that your patents serve the business and not the other way round.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/patent-strategy)
- ### [Patent Research](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/patent-research)
  [Prior art, patentability and freedom-to-operate answers from attorneys, built on structured patent data and checked citations.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/patent-research)
- ### [IP Portfolio Management](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/ip-portfolio-intelligence)
  [We keep your trademarks, designs, domain names and patents in one overview, follow every deadline and prepare each renewal decision with a cost estimate.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/ip-portfolio-intelligence)
- ### [Patent and Technology Licensing](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/patent-technology-licensing)
  [Licence or acquire patents, know-how and software on terms that protect your edge, your income and your competition-law position.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/patent-technology-licensing)

02Academy

## Academy

- ### [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)
- ### [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)
- ### [IP Cost Planning for Multi-Jurisdiction Filings](https://www.pitch.law/academy/ip-cost-planning-budgeting-for-multi-jurisdiction-filings)
  [What a trademark portfolio costs depends on routes, classes and countries as much as on the number of marks. This article sets out the cost elements and how to plan them over the life of a mark.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/ip-cost-planning-budgeting-for-multi-jurisdiction-filings)
- ### [Managing Your IP Deadlines](https://www.pitch.law/academy/managing-your-ip-deadlines)
  [Which time limits matter in trademark, design and patent matters, which of them can be extended, what happens when one is missed, and how a reliable deadline process is built.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/managing-your-ip-deadlines)
- ### [Renewal Management for IP Portfolios](https://www.pitch.law/academy/renewal-management-for-ip-portfolios)
  [How renewals of trademarks, designs and patents work, what the grace periods are, how to decide which rights to keep, and the invoice scams to avoid.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/renewal-management-for-ip-portfolios)

* [Trademarks](https://www.pitch.law/trademarks)
* [Patents](https://www.pitch.law/patents)
* [New gTLDs](https://www.pitch.law/new-gtlds)
* [Data, Data Protection & AI](https://www.pitch.law/focus-areas/data-protection-ai)
* [Transactions](https://www.pitch.law/focus-areas/transactions)
* [Subsidies & Tax](https://www.pitch.law/focus-areas/subsidies-tax)

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