Lithuania is home to one of the World’s top basketball teams (2nd at the Eurobasket Championships), a thriving amber industry, a multi-lingual population (90% speak one foreign language and 50% two) and this year, the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Annual Conference. Continue reading “Buzzing at the EEN Conference” »
The China IPR SME Helpdesk, the EU SME Centre and the European Chamber of Commerce are organising the third EU SME Forum on Friday 13 September in Beijing.
To develop their market, an increasing number of European SMEs are exporting their ideas and efforts to other countries, especially to China. Continue reading “The Third EU SME Forum: A great place for European SMEs to get the tools to grow their business in China!” »
It’s only another mere 48 hours until our eagerly anticipated webinar on ‘IPR Protection Strategies in Singapore’, however, if you’re like us and you just simply can’t wait, here are some basics about IP in Singapore to whet your appetite… Continue reading “Getting smart in Singapore” »
What were the words on everyone’s lips when attending the business matchmaking event of the European Commission’s ‘Mission for Green Growth’ event on 19 July …Well all we were listening for was IP, IP, and IP.
You see whilst European SMEs were batting their eyelids and getting coquettish with new business contacts in the Chinese market, the IPR Helpdesk was ready on hand to offer expert first line advice to these SMEs on how they can prepare and protect themselves before delving head-first into their new ‘relationships’. Continue reading “SME Biz talk: Keeping the KERCHING to yourself!” »
The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) may not be the road most travelled, but by taking a test-drive on it, our very own Helpdesk “Stig” reveals the secret speed of Patent Prosecution that is starting to become more and more popular world-wide.
The PPH scheme, through the sharing of information between patent offices, makes eligible an application whose claims have already been determined to be patentable in a first country, to then undergo an accelerated examination in a second. This is extremely relevant as it can drastically reduce the time taken to gain patent determinability in said second country and so is pertinent to all those SMEs impatient to take advantage of favourable overseas environments, but who also recognise the importance of protecting their IPR. Continue reading “Road trip down the Patent Prosecution Highway” »