SMEs

The Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO) has developed a portal with the purpose of helping businesses better exploit their knowledge by trading their intellectual property (IP) rights. On the portal page you can find inspiration and a set of tools for trading rights and get the most out of your knowledge.

On the portal you will find information on some of the considerations you should make in connection with trading IPR:

• Guidelines for trading IPR
• Standard contracts and accompanying guidelines for trading patents and utility models
• Valuation tools and accompanying guidance material
• IP Marketplace, where you can offer and request rights

The IP Trade Portal gives you an insight into trading IPR, which you can use in dialogue with your consultant and in negotiations with potential trading partners.

For further information, please click here.

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We are pleased to inform you that the European IPR Helpdesk has produced a new fact sheet dealing with commercial licence agreements.

This booklet is a follow-up to the “Commercialising IP” series, providing an introduction to the forms of commercialisation that can be useful for people involved in exploitation of intangible assets.

This particular fact sheet aims to clarify when licence agreements should be used. Moreover, in this document we highlight the key provisions seen in most licensing agreements, as well as the specifics of licensing certain types of intellectual property rights.

Follow the link below to download this hands-on document.

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Join the EU IPR Helpdesk webinars in May!

Interested in learning more about licensing, including negotiation tips and legal traps? Or would you like to deepen your knowledge of Technology Transfer? Then, please feel free to register for our upcoming virtual training courses in May. You can join our webinars conveniently from your own computer, either from your office or home. Participation in the training courses is free of charge.

Detailed information on registration and learning objectives is available on our website:

6 May 2013: Licensing

27 May 2013: Technology Transfer

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We are pleased to inform you that the ninth issue of the European IPR Helpdesk Bulletin has been released and is now available on-line.

A central thread of this European IPR Helpdesk Bulletin is related to the efficient management of intellectual property (IP) as a tool for commercial gains. From a brief description of an interesting tool put at the disposal of organisations by the Danish patent and trade marks office (DKPTO), to test the efficiency of their strategy, to two others article on IP commercialisation highlights and using customs for intellectual property enforcement, you will be given suggestions and recommendations on how make the most of your intangible assets.

An article specifically on trade marks will tell you that a good brand incontestably brings an added value to the organisations, but the success of the trade mark requires a solid and well prepared strategy. In addition to that, a case study will put forward the way a University Technology Transfer Division can facilitate the process of connecting industry with research institutes (and vice versa) and to actively support the cooperation as a whole.

The usual quiz, information about the new Ambassador scheme and other events of interests will close our quarterly publication, which we hope will be thought-provoking!

This booklet, issued by the U.K. Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO)  as a part of the Healthcheck booklet series, is designed to help you become an informed consumer of the IP Adviser services you require to obtain registered rights. It:

• contains an overview of the potential sources of IP services available (including certain sources of reliable free advice);
• suggests a number of questions you should ask before engaging your adviser;
• provides answers to a number of commonly asked specific questions.

You can freely download this booklet here.

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The booklet on "Non-Disclosure Agreements", freely provided by the U.K. Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) in the Healthcheck booklet series, gives an overview on approaches to protecting confidential business information to be shared for business purposes.

NDAs are written agreements which record the conditions under which you disclose information or ideas in confidence. You are strongly advised to consider using one if you are going to disclose any information or ideas which you wish to be kept confidential.

If you are interested on how NDAs can help you, read on this booklet here and our fact sheet here. If you want to get better acquainted to the meaning of confidential business information, the European IPR Helpdesk also produced a fact sheet on it, which is downloadable here.

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The European Commission has today presented a package of initiatives to make trade mark registration systems all over the European Union cheaper, quicker, more reliable and predictable. The proposed reform would improve conditions for businesses to innovate and to benefit from more effective trade mark protection against counterfeits, including fake goods in transit through the EU's territory.

As regards fees, the Commission is proposing a principle of "one-class-per-fee" that will apply both for Community trade mark applications and for national trade mark applications. This will enable any business – particularly SMEs – to apply for trade mark protection according to their actual business needs, at a cost that covers those individual needs only.

For further information, please click here and here.

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