About the Authors --Foreword --Introduction --History of the EU Patent Title --Legal Instruments for Unitary Patent Protection --Legal Challenges against the Unitary Patent Regulation and the Translation Regulation --Accession of Italy to the Enhanced Cooperation --The Unitary Patent --Language Regime of the Unitary Patent --Legal Status of the UPCA and the Unified Patent Court --Structure of the Court --Composition of the Different Divisions of the Court --The Judges of the Court --Jurisdiction and Competence --Sources of Law and Substantive Law --Organisation of Proceedings --Finance of the Court --Implementation and Operation of the UPCA --Unified Patent Court Website and Case Management System --Preamble --Application and Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure --(Part 1) Procedures before the Court of First Instance (Rules 10-159): Stages of the Proceeding (inter partes proceeding) --(Part 2) Evidence (Rules 170-202) --(Part 3) Provisional Measures (summary proceedings) (Rules 205-213) --(Part 4) Procedures before the Court of Appeal (Rules 220-254) --(Part 5) General Provisions --(Part 6) Fees and Legal Aid (Rules 370-382).