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Companies with IP generate at least 23.8% more revenue according to latest EU report

By AWA | Posted on February 5, 2025

The report ‘The Intellectual Property Rights and Firm Performance in the European Union’ was published last month and analyses intellectual property records by matching firms with their registered patents, trademarks, and designs from multiple authorities, including the European Patent Office (EPO), European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), and various national and regional IP offices within...

Tags: EPO, EUIPO, Intellectual Property, patents, SMEs, trademarks

Easing the Pain for SMEs – Effectiveness of External IP Counsel

By AWA | Posted on August 31, 2020

In this interactive webinar moderated by Cathrin Johansson, panellists Malin Wennberg and Anneli Jönsson take a closer look at some of the IP challenges facing SMEs and how utilising external IP counsel can help to ease the pain. They provide hands-on advice from experiences where AWA has acted as an in-house IP department or external...

Tags: IP, patents, SMEs, strategy, webinar

EPO and EUIPO study finds link between IPR and SME growth

By AWA | Posted on July 9, 2019

A recent study by EPO and EUIPO explores the relationship between prior IPR activities of SMEs and the likelihood of experiencing a high-growth period. The purpose of the research was to investigate the following questions: Can the filing of IP rights be used as a reliable predictor of the likelihood that an SME will experience...

Tags: designs, EPO, EUIPO, high-growth, IPR, patents, SMEs, trademarks

Paving the IP way for SMEs

By Love Koči | Posted on June 4, 2015

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often face difficult decisions about how to prioritize between various efforts, such as marketing, product development and intellectual property (IP). To facilitate the introduction of IP into these companies, Awapatent has recently launched a new service called “Startup Services – IP for the newborn company”. This initiative strives to inaugurate...

Tags: innovation cheque, SMEs, start-up

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