Catalogue of services
| wdt_ID | Name | Country | Brief description of the service | Sector focus | Institution (managing) | Start and end date | Type of service | Type of IPR targeted by the service | Purpose of IPR service | Costs or economic value | Website of service | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intellectual Property pre-diagnosis | Germany | The service aims to make an objective assessment of the intangible assets of smaller companies that can and should be protected through intellectual property protection methods. The service is specifically targeted at SMEs which participate in EU-funded research and innovation projects. |
n/a | EURICE – European Research and Project Office GmbH | on-going | Customised consulting and direct support (e.g. legal advice) | All IPR | Protection and litigation | - | https://www.eurice.eu/news/2020/12/07/eurice-launches-new-eu-wide-pilot-innovation-ip-support-service/ | Name: Jörg Scherer E-mail: j.scherer@eurice.eu Tel.: +49 6894 388130 Address: Heinrich-Hertz-Allee 1 66386 St. Ingbert Germany |
| 2 | IPA4SME IP Pre-diagnostics | EU | Free of charge expert analysis of SMEs’ existing technology and knowledge assets along with a customised IP business strategy. To be eligible for the service SMEs must be holding a Seal of Excellence awarded in the context of the H2020 SME instrument which is not older than 3 years. Furthermore, SMEs must be incorporated in one of the following countries: Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden. |
n/a | CARSA, Universidad de Alicante, GOPA Com. | on-going | Customised consulting and direct support (e.g. legal advice) | All IPR | Protection and litigation | Free of charge for eligible SMEs | https://www.ipa4sme.eu/ | Contact form on the website |
| 13 | IPA4SME IP Protection Co-financing | EU | Partial reimbursement of the costs associated with the IP registration process. This support will be provided through 2 distinct services EPO fee reimbursement: For each EPO patent application, beneficiaries will receive 75% of the corresponding EPO fee with a limit of 2.500 EUR per patent application. This service will be limited to 5 applications per SME IP attorney fee reimbursement: For each patent application process beneficiaries will receive 50% of their IP attorney costs up to 2.000 EUR. The IP attorneys must be entitled to act before the EPO. There is no limit to the number of applications for this service but each application must be associated with a unique patent application process. To be eligible for the service SMEs must be holding a Seal of Excellence awarded in the context of the H2020 SME instrument which is not older than 3 years. Furthermore, SMEs must be incorporated in a EU or COSME country. |
n/a | CARSA, Universidad de Alicante, GOPA Com. | on-going | Financial subsidy (e.g.; for registration; enforcement actions) | Patent | Protection and litigation | Partial reimbursement of costs related to IP protection | http://ipa4sme.eu/ | Contact form on the website |
| 14 | Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund | EU | The fund provides reimbursements for IP pre-diagnostic services and trade mark and design application fees. The services are provided by experts or national patent offices. Whereas the trademark and design application service is open to SMEs incorporated in any EU member state, the IP pre-diagnosis is only offered to SMEs incorporated in countries with participating national patent offices. Each SME can be reimbursed up to a maximum of EUR 1 500. | n/a | EUIPO | on-going | Customised consulting and direct support (e.g. legal advice), Financial subsidy (e.g.; for registration; enforcement actions) | All IPR | Protection and litigation | Funding rates: IP pre-diagnostic services 75% Trade mark and design application fee 50% | https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/online-services/sme-fund#service1 | Name: EUIPO Information Centre E-mail: Tel.: +34 965 139 100 Address: |
| 15 | Free personalised Intellectual Property support | EU | SMEs submit an online form where they have to indicate their support needs. Based on this form the SME receives a customized list of pro bono service providers, which match its needs. In case the SME needs an Effective Dispute resolution it will be directly contacted by a EUIPO EDR case handler. | n/a | Institution (managing) EUIPO | Start and end date n/a | Customised consulting and direct support (e.g. legal advice) | All IPR | All (i.e. comprehensive IP management) | Services are provided on a pro bono basis | https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/online-services/ip-support?pk_campaign=org-sme-ip-support-how-it-works-page | Contacts Name: EUIPO Information Centre E-mail: Tel.: +34 965 139 100 Address: Avenida de Europa, 4 03008 Alicante Spain |
| 16 | SME learning corner | EU | The SME learning corner aims to provide quality content to support and upskill you in your business journey. I covers the whole range of IP related topics. It is openly accessible for everyone. |
n/a | EUIPO | n/a | Information on stand-by basis (e.g. websites; publications) | All IPR | All (i.e. comprehensive IP management) | Free of charge | https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/online-services/upgrade-your-ip-skills | Name: EUIPO Information Centre E-mail: Tel.: +34 965 139 100 Address: Avenida de Europa, 4 03008 Alicante Spain |
| 17 | Trademark and Design Walk-Through | EU | Detailed information on trademark and design protection presented in a very easy to understand way. | n/a | EUIPO | n/a | Information on stand-by basis (e.g. websites; publications) | Trade mark, Industrial design | Value awareness (i.e. why register IPR; IP valuation), Knowledge of registration procedure (i.e. how to register) | Free of charge | https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/online-services/design-walkthrough -https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/online-services/trade-mark-walkthrough | Name: EUIPO Information Centre E-mail: Tel.: +34 965 139 100 Address: Avenida de Europa, 4 03008 Alicante Spain |
| 18 | Effective Dispute Resolution (EDR) SME COVID-19 special service | EU | The special service will be offered in the following EUIPO proceedings: - Oppositions: after the end of the cooling off period and only for unrepresented SMEs; - Cancellations, RCD invalidities and appeals: for both represented and unrepresented SMEs at any stage of these proceedings. The EUIPO aims to support SMEs in any of the above proceedings by designating an EDR case handler to guide the SME through the myriad amicable resolution possibilities available at the EUIPO and elsewhere. |
n/a | EUIPO | n/a | Customised consulting and direct support (e.g. legal advice) | All IPR | Protection and litigation | Free of charge | https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/online-services/edr-case-handlers | Name: EUIPO Information Centre E-mail: Tel.: +34 965 139 100 Address: Avenida de Europa, 4 03008 Alicante Spain |
| 19 | IP ToolBox | EU | The toolbox hosts different Intellectual Property (IP) tools useful for SMEs, IP intermediaries and IP actors. The tool was developed in the project VIP4SME and is accessible online. |
n/a | Fraunhofer IAO (project coordinator) | The project was carried out from 2016 to 2019 | Information on stand-by basis (e.g. websites; publications) | All IPR | All (i.e. comprehensive IP management) | Free of charge | https://innovaccess.eu/ip-toolbox/ | Name: VIP4SME coordination team E-mail: vip4sme@iao.fraunhofer.de Tel.:- Address: Fraunhofer IAO Nobelstr. 12 70569 Stuttgart |
| 20 | Searching for Patents | EU | The online service allows the user to search for patents (Espacenet), procedural informations about patent applications (European Patent Register) and European patent documents published by the EPO (European Publication Server) | n/a or indicate sector(s) | EPO | ongoing | Information on stand-by basis (e.g. websites; publications) | Patent | IPR check and database search (e.g. patent information) | Free of charge | https://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents.html | Tel.: 00 800 80 20 20 20 Address: Bayerstr. 34 80335 Munich |
