Toolbox

Description:

The Guides assist small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), sector associations and research centres in understanding IP rights including trademarks, designs and patents. The Guides explain the advantages of IP for an SME, how to use it and find out more about it, including issues of counterfeiting. They also explain how to include IP issue in everyday business strategy. Following countries are covered: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,

Lithuania, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain and the United Kingdom.

The publicationwas developed within IP Awareness and Enforcement: Modular Based Actions for SMEs project (IPeuropAware), co-financed by the CIP Programme, DG Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission

Language(s):

Bulgarian (B5 format), Czech, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian (all 4 sectoral guides merged into one guide), Lithuanian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish

Set-up:

PDF documents, available online and as printed publication

Conditions of use:

Free of charge, can be adaptation without licensing agreement adapted version of the C / B to the member

Provider organisation:

University of Alicante (IPeuropAware project coordination team)

ipeuropaware@ua.es

CRP Henri Tudor (IPorta project coordination team)

iporta@tudor.lu / innovaccess@tudor.lu

 Date of revision:

05/2013

Date of creation:

2008-2010

Keywords:

IP Topic: Raising awareness; IP management; training business; providing consultancy services

IP Titles: Patent/utility model; trademark; industrial design; copyright and related rights; know-how, IPR enforcement

Form : PDF document

Free keywords:

Feedback on the application of the tool:

The IPR sectoral guides were adapted by many European countries and are available in diverse European languages

 Description:

Industrial Design Locator in an online database, enabling customers to search into Spanish national Industrial Designs.

Language(s):

English/Spanish

Set-up:

• English version: http://www.oepm.es/en/disenos_industriales/index.html
• Spanish version: http://www.oepm.es/es/disenos_industriales/index.html

Conditions of use:

The website can be used without authorisation, free of charge.

Technical information is available after direct e-mail contact with SPTO.

Provider organisation:

Spanish Patent and Trademark Office – SPTO

Contact person: Jesus Calvo

Paseo de la

Castellana, 75

++34 913 49 55 78

jesus.calvo@oepm.es

Date of revision:

07/2013

Date of creation:

2011

Keywords:

IP Topic: Providing consultancy services

IP Titles: industrial design

Form: online database

Feedback on the application of the tool:

Customer visits: 1.931.027 (2012)

Customers can choose “Simple Search” or “File Number Search”.

Description:
An economic and financial grid for designs and models evaluation which consists of an evaluation method able to highlight the economic value of designs and models (namely: how to raise the value of an enterprise by the effective utilization of IP intangible assets) and to measure the added value of an IP asset in a business contest.

Language(s):
Italian

Set-up:
Volume: 120 pages book
Published 2008. October. The product of the Ministry of Economic Development in cooperation with the Italian Bank Association, the Association of the Italian manufacturing and services companies, the Conference of Italian University Rectors and the Italian Industrial Property Consultants Institute.

Conditions of use:
Free of charge downloading pdf
http://www.uibm.gov.it/index.php/disegni-e-modelli/utilita-dismod/grigli...

Provider organisation:
Directorate General for the Fight against Counterfeiting-IPTO
Contact: Delfina Autiero
Via Molise , 2 Rome
Tel: 0039 0647055723
e-mail: delfina.autiero@mise.gov.it

Date of revision:
04/2014

Date of creation:
NA

Keywords:
IP Topic: Raising awareness, IP Management, Providing consultancy services
IP Titles: Patent, Design
Form : Paper and online PDF format

Feedback on the application of the tool:
NA

 Description:

• “IA in a Can” is easily adapted for specific sectors or companies; prior uses include looking at pre-packaged software and with companies on products during internal training workshops.
• “IA Treasure Trail” assists to identify Intellectual Assets within a working environment.

Both tools are used to initiate brainstorming and discussions.

Language(s):

English

Set-up:

A manual guide as a PDF document and working documents with possible answers

Conditions of use:

Licensing agreement with Scottish Enterprise

Provider organisation:

Scottish Enterprise

Innovation & Enterprise Services: Intellectual Assets & Innovation Systems

Mr Colin Meager Head office and

contact details:

Atrium Court

50 Waterloo Street

Glasgow G2 6HQ

United Kingdom

Tel: +44(0)141 204 1111

Fax: +44(0)141 248 1600

Direct Dial: 01750 726526

Mobile: 0788 0788 651

Email:

Colin.Meager@scotent.co.uk

Date of revision:

11/2013

Date of creation:

2012 - 2013

Keywords:

IP Topic: Raising awareness; IP management; training business; providing consultancy services

IP Titles: Patents; know-how; trademarks; industrial designs; copyright; IP enforcement

Form: PDF document, template

Feedback on the application of the tool:

2013 an international training took place within IPorta project with focus on the methodology “Intellectual Assets Management”.

Manual guide was prepared for this training.

 Description:

The cost tool allows visitors of the InnovAcces website to evaluate the different costs related to the acquisition and maintenance of IP rights in European countries.

Different kinds of costs have to be taken into account when Intellectual Property rights are related to a product. There is first the money spent to acquire the rights, validate and maintain them in a country. Fees are perceived by consultants and national offices to give a monopole to the applicant. Furthermore, defence of the rights may include an extra cost because of procedure and representative required at the Court in case of legal pursuits.

The tool has been developed in the framework of IPorta project by the members of InnovAccess Network. Basis of the tool are the data saved in the section “National information” of innovaccess.eu website.

The information is provided by National Patent and Trade Mark Offices, or other national members of InnovAccess Network.

The Cost tool can be useful in a wide variety of situations. For example, when you are:

• deciding in which country to apply for an IP title,
• evaluating the costs related to the acquisition of IP rights in European countries, and
• determining the feasibility of a capital purchase for the acquisitionand maintenance of IP rights.

However, bear in mind that the Costtool is best suited for making quick and simple financial decisions. More robust approaches are commonly used for more complex, business - critical or high cost decisions.

Language(s):

English

Set-up:

Cost tool can be reached without registration on the website

Conditions of use:

no registration needed, dedicated for direct use by enterprises

Provider organisation:

IPorta project consortium

Mr Jeremie Fenichel

INPI-F - Direction des brevets

15 rue des Minimes

92400 COURBEVOIE

Tél: +33 156 65 81 61

jfenichel@inpi.fr

Date of revision:

03/2013

Date of creation:

2010

Keywords:

IP Topic: IP management; providing consultancy services; helpdesk issues

IP Titles: Patent ; utility model; trademark

Feedback on the application of the tool:

 Description:

The tool consists of a 4 pages leaflet on software protection. It is a presentation of an overall set of IP titles, tools and rights that are applicable to protect software related products and services.

The material is available under electronic or paper form.

Language(s):

French

Set-up:

Licence agreement. Free of charge license for using and/or translating the tool is available from the provider.

Conditions of use:

The website can be used without authorisation, free of charge.

Technical information is available after direct e-mail contact with SPTO.

Provider organisation:

Public Research Centre Henri Tudor / Technology Watch Centre

29, avenue John F. Kennedy

L-1855 Luxembourg

Tel: +352 42 59 91 – 1

Fax: +352 42 59 91 – 777

e-mail: cvt@tudor.lu

Date of revision:

03/2013

Date of creation:

02/2010

Keywords:

IP Topic: Raising awareness; providing consultancy services

IP Titles: industrial design

Form: pdf document

Feedback on the application of the tool: