EUIPO: SME Fund 2025

Call for Proposals No GR/001/25 "Ideas Powered for business SME Fund Intellectual property vouchers" Aim fo the Call The objective of the 2025 SME Fund scheme is to financially support SMEs that wish to: benefit from an IP Scan and/or IP Scan enforcement service, and/or; protect their trade marks and designs through national, regional, European Union or international IP systems, and/or; protect their patents at national level (through any of the Member State IP offices (MS IPOs) or at European level (through the European Patent Office (EPO)) and/or; protect their Community plant varieties Who can get the voucher? To be eligible, applicants must be small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) established in one of the EU Member States or in Ukraine. Eligible IP activities The vouchers are valid for a limited period of time. Therefore, SMEs are encouraged to only apply for a voucher when they are ready to implement one of the eligible activities covered by the voucher. If vouchers are awarded, the eligible activities must be initiated within a specific limited time following the award notification, and a request for reimbursement must be submitted before the voucher expires. IP Scan services – Voucher 1 will cover IP Scan...