Belgian SME BEA manufactures sensors for automatic doors. Before they wereactive in China they had the foresight to file for an international patent that included the PRC as a designated state. Christian Nowak, Science & Technology advisor at BEA, shares the company’s experiences with patent inf...
Every company, no matter how big or small, has some intellectual property. The most common type of intellectual property right (IPR) is a trade mark. A trade mark is essential to all kinds of companies, whether you are a producer, distributor or service provider, as it allows clients to distingu...
Many European companies are keen to come to China. While in the past, European companies came to China to take advantage of low-cost manufacturing for export, more recently, they have come to enter the Chinese domestic market, establish R&D collaborations, engage in cooperative development, take...
The EIB Investment Survey gathers unique insights on the corporate investment environment across the European Union. It is an essential tool to identify the needs and understand the constraints holding back investment. The 2020 edition shows the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis on companies’ ...
EU SMEs are often involved in the production of creative works, inventions and distinctive symbols that generate a profit to their creators or inventors. Because of this, these companies should consider intellectual property rights (IPRs) as key elements for protecting their products against inf...
Buying for Social Impact (BSI) is a project commissioned by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) and the European Commission Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) to promote the use of social considerations in public...