Empowering Experiences
Real stories about how other entrepreneurs and SMEs are protecting their ideas and growing their business.
I truly believe that this initiative is mutually beneficial – a fantastic and valuable opportunity for both SMEs and IP professionals. For me, the benefits were significant: gaining professional experience, developing my client portfolio, building my reputation, and achieving personal fulfilment. For the SMEs I assisted, the impact was direct and measurable – from successfully obtaining EU trademarks to halting trademark infringements and winning oppositions within the EUIPO”.
Identify where IP fits in your business journey and get Pro Bono support.
Intellectual property (IP) offers numerous benefits for your business, including protection, competitive advantage, market identity and monetisation opportunities. EUIPO helps you connect with an IP expert that speaks your language via the Pro Bono Support service and get free IP advice and guidance. There is an extensive network of IP experts across Europe ready to assist you.
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'The SME Fund initiative has allowed us to finance our trade mark registration in Europe and part of the costs of the feasibility analysis of our pate...
´With the support of the SME Fund, I have set a foundation to promote SAVEE and I will have three Austrian and European trade marks and designs. It´s ...
‘Applying for a trade mark was super important for us, now that we are expanding to other EU countries, it was crucial to protect our identity and bra...
'The SME Fund is a great initiative. Applying was straight forward and the support team was very helpful. An altogether positive experience. Highly re...
´When I searched in EUIPO's website to apply for the European Trade Mark registration, I found about the SME Fund and it was very easy. I think having...
'We discovered the SME Fund thanks to our trade mark attorney. Protecting our brand Sundayflies in the EU, USA, and UK was a big financial commitment ...
´The SME Fund was very useful for my business. I used it for the IP Scan which is a great first step to creating an intellectual property strategy.´
“This initiative has been empowering, connecting legal professionals like us with SMEs and fostering a collaborative environment. It has provided valu...
´Great initiative for start-ups and new companies.´
'With the support of the SME Fund, we managed to register the ZiPa trade mark and design. There is a common perception that trade mark registration is...
“Participating in the Pro bono support initiative has been a truly rewarding experience for BBP Legal, giving us the opportunity to use our expertise ...
´Extremely super service, you rarely see that small companies are so actively helped.´
'Through the SME Fund, we have been able to double the budget allocated to intangible protection, which will strategically improve the company's posit...
'Intellectual property is a valuable asset in each and every organisation, it brings sense of existence as well as strategic tool for globalising the ...
“Taking part in the Pro Bono Support service has been an incredibly positive experience. I have provided assistance to numerous micro-companies from R...
'Not expensive, nor complicated! The assessment of intellectual property (IP Scan) and the development of a strategy cost me €70. The remaining amount...
'The SME Fund is a great help for start-ups. It provides vouchers for discount and facilitates the IP registration process in the most user-friendly w...
‘For more than 50 years, we have been in the plastics processing business, producing polypropylene pipes and fittings and polyethylene drip irrigation...
'Our experience with SME Fund was great. We successfully applied and got the funding for the design fee and the IP-Scan.'
'The SME Fund is a great initiative, helpful for small companies and easy to apply for. For cosmetic companies is very important to register the trade...
'As an active player in the IP field, I appreciate the immense importance of IP. However, the cost burden of protecting IP forced me to postpone essen...
“The SME Fund helped us secure our European trademark quickly and efficiently. As an agri-biotech SME developing microbiome-based technologies, we fou...
‘VentilAQUA's innovation strategy is based on the protection of its intellectual property, be it trade marks, designs or patents.The SME Fund has prov...
'The SME fund was very helpful, supportive, and easy to apply for; it was a short and straightforward process.'
“The Pro bono support initiative has allowed our firm to provide meaningful assistance to SMEs that lack the resources for IP protection. Our collabor...
"We are an international intellectual property tech-law firm founded in 2005, and we support companies, in particular SMEs, in successfully operating ...