Catalogue of online tools for business about IPR
This catalogue has been developed as part of our ongoing co-operation with the USA in the EU-US IPR Working Group and also contains links to materials developed by the US administration to aid businesses.
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basic info on Intellectual property rights |
Information for SMEs on EU and National, policies, legislation and support |
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General information on domestic, foreign and international IPR to SMEs and academia in Europe provided by Innovaccess as a part of the IPeuropAware project (EU-funded project) |
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European Patent Office - Inventors' handbook and European Patent Office - A step-by-step guide to the grant procedure |
Handbook on the complete innovation process from invention to commercial product A step-by-step guide "How to apply for a European patent" |
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IPR training guide - Helpdesk for SMEs on IPR issues related to China (EU-funded project) |
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e-course on IP in FP7 and on IP management - Helpdesk on Intellectual Property Rights related issues in EU-funded projects (FP7, CIP) (EU-funded project) |
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Good Practice Guide for Intellectual Property, illustrated by SME case studies; national [Luxembourg, Spain, Greece and Italy] (EU-funded project) |
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advanced info on IPR |
Begins with basic info. For advanced info see further link from this page |
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European Patent Office - Inventors' handbook and European Patent Office - A step-by-step guide to the grant procedure |
Begins with basic info. For advanced info see further link from this page |
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Basic and advanced info on IPR issues classified according to business issue from R&D to sales and distribution and further info on how to deal with IP issues in China classified according to individual rights. Choose the options at the top |
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Info on IPR issues in EU funded research programmes and also general about IPR classified per rights |
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direct advice on IPR |
Query form to submit questions related to IPR in EU funded research programmes |
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Query form to submit questions by EU SMEs related to IPR issues in China |
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SME cases studies |
European Patent Office - Small and medium enterprise case studies |
SME cases studies showing how they have managed to cope with IP issue within their limited resources |
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IP related cases faced by EU SMEs in China, classified according to individual rights. Choose the options at the top |
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SME case studies are among the articles listed |
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National IP Assistance Platforms - Good Practice Guide for Intellectual Property |
Good Practice Guide - includes also SME case studies (EU-funded project) |
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e-learning resources |
IP4INNO - Overview of e-learning resources in the area of intellectual property in Europe |
Links to existing e-learning resources in Europe |
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course, training, seminar on IPR |
Information on courses and events provided by the IPR Helpdesk |
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Searchable database of IPR related events in Europe |
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Information on courses and events provided by the China IPR Helpdesk look at the events window |
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a search engine for existing registered IPRs (Patents, Trademarks and Designs |
World Intellectual Property Organization - Intellectual Property Digital Library |
free of charge patent, trademark, design and few other rights search database [only rights internationally registered] |
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free of charge search databases for patents registered in many world jurisdictions |
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institutions registering IPR |
You find EU level institutions on the page. For National institutions click on the relevant flag |
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Click on the country. You access contact information of the office and with links on the top information on procedures to register various IP rights |
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Link to national offices of all 36 Members of the European Patent Organisation |
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legislation on IPR |
You find EU level legislation on the page. For National legislation click on the relevant flag |
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how to report an infringement to Customs in Europe |
Manuals for application for action to Customs Administration, addresses of relevant offices and application forms |
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how to report 'Red Alert' or 'New Trends' to Customs in Europe |
Scroll to bottom of entire page for these forms for use in specific situations |
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access to IPR or innovation support |
Link to query forms about IPR services provided by partners of the LIIP project [Luxembourg, Spain, Greece, Italy] |
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See: Inventory of IPR Enforcement Support Measures. Measures for each country |
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Contacts to bodies providing innovation support in Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Luxembourg, Spain and Turkey; also scheme of the system |
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articles about IPR |
IP articles gathered by the IP4INNO project. Training materials for SME and innovation support organisations |
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info on policies at European Union level |
IPR legislation and general policies, including fight against counterfeiting and piracy (DG Internal Market) |
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Trade-related aspects of IPR policy (DG Trade) |
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Customs measures and activities against Counterfeiting and Piracy (DG Taxation and Customs Union) |
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IPR issues related to innovation policy (DG Enterprise and Industry) |
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R&D-related IPR questions (DG Research) |
