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10 tips to help you navigate IP issues when internationalising to India

Encouraged by the sudden boom in the online education market due to Covid-19 pandemic, a small language institute in Belgium saw a great business opportunity to expand and even to internationalise its online language education.

This guide will lay out the possibilities for intellectual property rights protection in the wine and spirits industry, and will guide you through IP enforcement options in China.

A French SME active in the water sector recently developed a new device for filtering water. The product was very competitive because it could easily be adapted to the particular requests of future clients. The SME patented their main technologies in the main target markets, including China.

This guide provides a definition of a design patent, outlines what benefits it can bring to your business, and explains how to successfully apply for one in China.

An Austrian SME engaged in the logistics sector created a device that would enable workers to carry more weight while protecting their health, mainly the back from injuries. The device has an innovative design, which distributes and absorbs the weight keeping the workers’ physical efforts to the min

This guide takes a practical look at the most relevant intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement in China (trade marks, design patents and copyrights) with a particular emphasis on issues and challenges for European small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in the fashion industry

A German company specialised in the production of car breaking systems has not patented its most successful product in India. Recently, it has entered in a business arrangement with an India company for an R&D project, which has lead to the creation of a new patentable product. In order to find a...

“Ekotechnik Czech”, a Czech SME specialised in the installation and servicing of solar and hybrid power plants, with international presence in markets such as Slovakia, Hungary, Spain, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia and Romania, decided to expand to the Indian market and...