Our services
Helpline
Submit your IP question via our Helpline service and the right expert from one of our regional teams will get back to you with initial guidance and advice on how to best tackle your specific IP issue for free and in three working days.
Training
Practice makes perfect! Our training calendar is packed with webinars and workshops on various IP topics. Choose your favourite topic and region and start expanding your IP knowledge.
Resources & Tools
Browse our ever-growing library of user-friendly IP materials such as guides, factsheets, case studies, or video clips helping you explore IP management, protection and enforcement in different settings and regions.
Horizon IP Scan
Horizon IP Scan is a new, free-of-charge IP support service provided by the European Commission specifically designed to help European start-ups and other SMEs involved in EU-funded collaborative research projects to efficiently manage and valorise IP in collaborative R&I efforts.
Introduction to IP Management
Getting started
What are different types of IP? What are key IP challenges when entering into cross-border business relations or doing business outside Europe? And how do you properly assess your IP? These are only some of the questions this section addresses. Learn more about some of the basics of IP and IP management, and get ready!
IP in business
Managing IP in business highlights important aspects, decisions and processes to be addressed by SMEs when setting up and implementing their IP strategy.
Find out more about the different facets of IP management in various scenarios: from taking your business abroad, finding partners, or choosing the right commercialisation model for your IP.
IP issues
Intellectual Property Rights
Infringement and Enforcement
IP management
IP & Thematic areas
IP in EU-funded research projects
About the IP Helpdesk
Aiming to support IP capacity building along the full scale of IP practices, we provide free-of-charge, first-line support to European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on IP management, protection and enforcement covering six different regions: China, Europe, India, Latin America, South-East Asia and Africa. The European IP Helpdesk additionally assists SMEs and researchers participating in EU-funded research and innovation projects in dealing with IP issues related to these specific programmes.
Latest News
Italian Embassy's Concerns over 'La Camorra' Trade Mark - Microsoft’s Shield for AI Users Against Copyright Claims
This week in the news, we pay attention to trade marks that may be contrary to public policy and the latest Microsoft announcements.
IP landscape in Europe: make use of the self-learning materials of the IP Helpdesks and Your Europe website
It is essential that SMEs consider protecting their creations through intellectual property and efficiently manage these assets to reap the most from their investment in Europe.
Brazil and Denmark outline actions to advance cooperation in Intellectual Property (IP)
The collaboration aims to foster innovation partnerships in areas like agribusiness, healthcare, and sustainable energy.
OCPI Cuba to become a depositing and accessing office of the WIPO Digital Access Service in 2024
OCPI Cuba to become a depositing and accessing office of the WIPO Digital Access Service in 2024
EU General Court Backs Augusta National in Trade Mark Dispute - EUIPO Invalidates Rubik's Cube 3D Trade Mark
This week, we look at the General Court case T-677/22 regarding trade mark distinctiveness, and a recent invalidation of the Rubik's Cube 3D Trade Mark.
Upcoming events
Latin America - Webinar - How to internationally protect your trade mark through the Madrid system?
- Live streaming available
EU - Webinar: IP and Artificial Intelligence - Advanced
- Live streaming available
Plant Variety
- Live streaming available
EU - Webinar: Addressing IP impact and innovation in EU projects
- Live streaming available
