Description
The EU Academy are hosting a webinar on 9 March (9:00am CET) to present existing Intellectual Property (IP) support for SMEs, as well as new support services developed under the recently adopted Intellectual Property Action Plan.
The webinar will aim to trigger discussions on how to optimise interaction between broader SME support services and those focussed on Intellectual Property. It will explore IP support starting from awareness and information, through to support for registration of IP rights, management and use of IP, IP as a lever for obtaining finance, and the enforcement of IP. This will include information on services for all EU SMEs, including those that participate in cross-border activities or are active in EU-funded research for public research organisations and/or higher education institutions.
The agenda for the webinar is as follows:
Introduction
- IP Action Plan policy context
- Overview of existing and upcoming IP support measures – Wawrzyniec Perschke, DG GROW
Individual support measures for all SMEs
- European IP info centre
- IP voucher
- IP pro-bono and effective dispute resolution – Richelle Spiekerman, EUIPO
- International IP helpdesks – Jim Stoopman, Project Manager, China IP SME Helpdesk
Individual support measures for SMEs in EU R&I programs
- EU IP Helpdesk – Claire Fritz, Senior Project Manager (EURICE)
- IPA4SME – Cristina de la Maza, Project Manager (CARSA)
- IP Scan for Horizon – Stephanie Weber, Communications Manager (EURICE)
Individual support measures for researchers
- IP Booster: Upcoming actions – Veronica Beneitez, DG RTD
Interaction with support services
- EEN members of EEN IP Thematic Group (10 minutes), Costas Troulos – EEN Greece
- Another speaker TBC
- A cluster representative TBC
- Q&A – discussion
The objective of the webinar is to provide an overview of the existing and upcoming intellectual property support for SMEs and to discuss how best business support and IP support can interact and cooperate.
The target audience is SME business support services, in particular members of the Enterprise Europe Network and EU Clusters initiatives.
Register for the webinar here.