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!” »
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!” »
Just a quick post today: The ASEAN IPR SME Helpdesk will be hosting its opening webinar this afternoon.
“Who’s it for?” we hear you ask. It’s for European small and medium sized enterprises who are already doing or want to do business in South East Asia, and the network organisations that support them is our reply.
“What will we get from it?” Practical information about how your business can protect its intellectual property (so, your products, innovations, brand etc.) in South East Asia. You’ll also be able to ask your IP questions to the team throughout the webinar. Continue reading “Don’t miss this webinar on IPR in South East Asia!” »
The vast range of support tools available to European SMEs looking to break into the Chinese domestic market are showcased today at the SME Conference in Beijing (25 October). Central to these are the free resources offered by two of the conference’s organising entities- the China IPR SME Helpdesk and the EU SME Centre, both co-funded by the European Commission. Continue reading “SMfreE: The SME Conference 2012” »