Trademark Management : Looking After Your Trademark Once the Registration is Done
With this fact sheet we aim to guide you through the essential actions to secure your trademark rights after registration. Whether you are an emerging startup or an established business, protecting your brand is not just a choice; it is a strategic necessity in today‘s competitive marketplace.
Intellectual Property on Social Media Platforms : From A Company's Perspective
Nowadays, social media platforms are an essential instrument for many small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs).
Commercialising Intellectual Property : Assignment Agreements
This fact sheet deals with the assignment of Intellectual Property (IP) rights. An assignment can be beneficial in many business circumstances.
Commercialising IP: Licence Agreements
Undoubtedly, licensing is one of the most common pathways to turn intellectual property (IP) into profit and transferring knowledge between different parties – be it from a research organisation to a company or from one business entity to another.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
The successful development and commercialisation of technology requires a carefully integrated dispute resolution strategy as a key factor in securing the value of technologies and associated intellectual property (IP) rights developed in research and development (R&D) collaborations and their subse
IP in the Fashion Industry
Europe is home to some of history’s most important textile and fashion inventions and a number of the most celebrated designers, manufacturers, innovators and artists, such as Coco Chanel, Giorgio Armani and Christian Dior, to name a few.
IP in the Field of Renewable Energies
Renewable energy is energy from sources that do not diminish or that can be replenished.
Trademarks: The Face of Your Business
Trademarks might be one of the best-known Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).
New Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market
On 15 April 2019, the European Council approved the Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market.
IP Enforcement: Asserting Your Rights
Intellectual property (IP) can be protected by formal IP rights such as trademarks or patents.
Domain Names and Cybersquatting
The Internet has created plenty of opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as it has revolutionised the dynamics of international commerce and is an excellent means to boost brand visibility.
Copyright Essentials
Copyright is an intellectual property right (IPR) that grants authors, artists and other creators protection for their literary, artistic and scientific creations, generally referred to as “works”.
Design Searching
Risks of investing in non-original design or filing an application for identical or confusingly similar design can be avoided or at least limited by performing design searching.
Inventorship, Authorship and Ownership
Many people confuse the concepts of the ownership of Intellectual Property (IP) and the inventorship or authorship of creations, or sometimes they are simply not aware of their different nature.
Intellectual Property Valuation
Intellectual property (IP) assets such as patents, trademarks, copyrights or trade secrets are increasingly the core of many organisations and transactions.
Joint Ownership
Joint ownership often arises in connection with collaborative innovation and is of particular relevance to EU-funded programmes, joint ventures and more generally to any research project entailing the co-development of intellectual property (IP).
Trade Secrets: Managing Confidential Business Information
Oftentimes significant research or business information might not fall within the scope of protection provided by traditional intellectual property (IP) rights such as patents or copyright.
Non-Disclosure Agreement: a Business Tool
Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), otherwise called confidentiality agreements, are private contracts through which valuable information is kept safe.