Get your ticket to innovation!

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1 Get your ticket to innovation! Νέδη Καφφά Επιστημονικός Λειτουργός Τομέας Καινοτομίας και Επιχειρηματικότητας Ίδρυμα Προώθησης Έρευνας

2 Road Map EU : Team Target Groups General Objectives At a Glance: Our Services

3 STOP EU : Team, Target Groups & General Objectives

4 Team infeurope S.A. (Project Coordinator; Website & Helpline) Centre de Veille Technologique Office de la PI (MECE) et CRP Henri Tudor (Publications & Training Activities) Eurice GmbH (Awareness Raising & Training Activities)

5 Target Groups The is the official IP service initiative of the Commission addressing: EU SMEs involved in internationalisation processes and knowledge/technology transfer Beneficiaries of EU-funded programmes Current and potential participants in EU-funded projects (FP7/CIP) Academia & SMEs Multipliers and intermediaries

6 General Objectives (1) The aims at: raising awareness of the value of intellectual assets and of the necessity to secure and manage them empowering its target groups to develop capacities of their own to deal with IP/ building long-term partnerships with relevant multipliers networks and other IP initiatives (i.e. Enterprise Europe Network, NCPs, INNOVACCESS ) to anticipate and evaluate the IP/ challenges of tomorrow

7 General Objectives (2) On a more practical level we aim at: assisting SMEs and beneficiaries of EU-funded programmes in dealing with matters providing advice and first-line, high-quality support on IP/ issues via different services

8 STOP At a Glance: Our Services

9 Website Awareness Raising Helpline Services Bulletin Training Newsletter Publications All of our services are offered free of charge.

10 Website & Publications News Events Model Agreements Fact Sheets Case Studies Glossary FAQs Bulletin

11 Helpline First-line support User-friendly service provided in English Personalised answers to individual questions within three working days Wide range of IP topics: IP protection, IP management and exploitation, revision of agreements, etc. Understandable for non-legal experts and business oriented

12 Training Capacity building Practical and comprehensive training approach Individual organisation of on-location training events in cooperation with multipliers/ intermediaries Training Catalogue Web-based training sessions

13 Webinars & Educational Clips Regular courses Registration on our website Open to everyone interested in enhancing their knowledge of IP/ Easy handling Duration: 60 minutes & 15 minutes Q&A Short clips for online self-study: Basic facts in 15 minutes

14 Awareness Raising Participation in stakeholder/target group events (e. g. brokerage & information events) Professional presentation (i.e. information booth, plenary presentation, workshops) Provision of promotional material and information packages Contribution to partner newsletters & websites

15 Cooperation Cooperating with stakeholders involved in and promotion of innovation in order to foster synergies (EEN, WIPO, EPO, OHIM, National Patent Offices...) Liaising with business associations and other stakeholders with the purpose to foster partnerships and reach more SMEs Networking through LinkedIn and Twitter, which have increased during 2012

16 EU Ambassador Scheme Implementation of the EU Ambassador Scheme Intensified cooperation with the Enterprise Europe Network Appoint Network members as local ambassadors of the EU to thus foster a network of contact points across Europe Aiming to increase the outreach of the EU towards SMEs at regional and local level in particular Privileged access to training and info material

17 Thank you. We look forward to getting in touch with you! For questions and general IP advice, please contact our Helpline team: Phone (Helpline) Fax (Helpline) For questions related to our training activities, please send us an at: training@iprhelpdesk.eu

18 Photo Credits istockphoto istockphoto.com/maridav (slide 1) istockphoto.com/bliznetsov (slide 2) istockphoto.com/rtimages (slides 9, 11) istockphoto.com/daniel Laflor (slide 9) istockphoto.com/warchi (slide 13) istockphoto.com/dave White (slide 17) Disclaimer/Legal Notice The is managed by the Commission s Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI), with policy guidance provided by the Commission s Enterprise & Industry Directorate-General. The positions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission.