IP SME Corner

Intellectual property (IP) rights protect businesses' intangible assets, allowing them to profit from their creative and innovative activities. Year by year, the share of intangible assets in companies’ asset portfolios is rapidly increasing, and these assets now account for more than half the value of a company. Therefore, managing IP for businesses is becoming more and more important - especially for SMEs - in order to survive in today’s highly competitive markets.

Check the following publications of the European IPR Helpdesk, inspire yourself with the relevant SME case studies, and follow our short video clips on the topic to get support on IP management:

• Intellectual property and business plans (Fact Sheet)
• Intellectual property management in open innovation (Fact Sheet)
• IPR management in software development (Fact Sheet)
• IP Audit: Uncovering the potential of your business (Fact Sheet) 
• IP due diligence: assessing value and risks of intangibles (Fact Sheet)
• Auto-Plas International: IP and business growth (Case Study)
• A double-line IP strategy for start-ups (Case Study)
• Managing IP information for international business opportunity (Case Study)
• The importance of an IP management structure in a research project (Case Study)
• IP Management Part I (Video clip)
• IP Management Part II (Video clip)