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The place where you can access easy Intellectual Property training request free limited support to solve any IP issue and follow the safest route to register your trade mark or design.

 

IP vouchers for small
and medium-sized
companies

Benefit from:

  • 90% reimbursement for IP pre-diagnostic services (IP Scan)
  • 75% reimbursement of trade mark and design fees at EU level
  • 75% reimbursement of trade mark and design fees at national and regional level
  • 50% reimbursement of trade mark and design fees outside the EU
  • 50% reimbursement of patent fees at national level


Don't miss out!

Free personalised intellectual property support

Obtain free support to maximise your business’s intellectual property potential with help from the experts

 
 

Apply for a European Union trade mark with the Easy Filing form

Designed for SMEs without a legal representative, within the European Economic Area
Guided form (virtual assistant)
Mobile devices friendly

 

Apply for a Registered Community Design the Fast Track way

FastTrack helps speed up your application at no additional cost.
Apply online for a registered Community design or for an EU trade mark today. Your application will be examined and published faster the FastTrack way.

Let your Trade mark identify your business

A trade mark creates an identity that your customers can recognise, and it can play a key role in building your brand. With adequate protection it may become your most valuable asset.

Stand out from the crowd with your Design

Your product’s appearance helps your customers identify it, and is an asset worth protecting. Registering its design can set you apart in the market and protect you against infringement.

eTranslation is here to help!

eTranslation, provided by the European Commission, is a state-of-the-art online machine translation service. It is now available to all EU small and medium-sized enterprises. You can save time and translate any document easily in more than 24 languages. All the translated data will be confidential and secure, and, most importantly, eTranslation is free of charge.

 

Learn intellectual property and help your business grow

Choose from a selection of useful and interesting learning resources aimed at small and medium businesses

Grow your business
through Intellectual Property

SMEs with IP rights have 32% higher revenue* per employee
*causal link not implied (Licensing activities by SMEs: evidence from EU trade mark owners, Dec 2019)

After registering 54% report a positive impact:

  • Increase in reputation 52%
  • Turnover 39%
  • Access to new markets 37%

(IP SME Scoreboard, 2019)

Licensing led to 30% of the revenue* *64.000 Euro on average per year for micro companies that licensed out their EU trade mark (Structural Business Survey, 2013-2017)

 


 

  • Following the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 on 11/12/2018 your phone number, fax number and email address will no longer be available and searchable via eSearch plus and TMview/ DesignView.
     

    If you want your contact details to be publicly available and searchable via the above referred repositories, please click on options, then go to the section ‘personal details’, scroll down to the bottom of the page and tick the box next to ‘I want my phone number, fax number and email address to be publicly displayed and available on eSearch plus and TMview/ DesignView.
     
    Please note that you will also be able to unsubscribe from receiving IP-related information from the Office (e.g. news and invitations to workshops, events, conferences and seminars).
     
    If you want to unsubscribe, please click on options, then go to the section ‘personal details’, scroll down to the bottom of the page and tick the box next to ‘I want to unsubscribe from receiving IP-related information from the Office (e.g. news and invitations to workshops, events, conferences and seminars)’.
     
    For more information, please read the new conditions of use for the user area, available here

EUIPO EDR* Case Handlers

* Effective Dispute Resolution

About the initiative

While not every SME requires registered intellectual property rights (‘IPRs’), it is important that those that could potentially benefit from them are given help. Tailor-made support is particularly important considering the current challenges. Therefore, the EUIPO is committed to support SMEs. Within the EUIPO Ideas Powered for business HUB, businesses can get to the fastest route to register trade marks or designs. Furthermore, SMEs can request free intellectual property support and access more information and training about intellectual property.

Page last updated 09-04-2021