EU funding for SMEs
Now available! Funding for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises based in an EU country is available through the fund “Ideas Powered for Business” for registration of trade marks and industrial designs. Undertakings that received funding from the SME fund in past years may also apply for this co-financing.
How much is available?
For trade marks and industrial designs:
- reimbursement of 75% of fees at national level (Polish Patent Office), regional level (Benelux countries) and EU level (EUIPO) – for applying for a trade mark or industrial design, and fees for adding classes, as well as research, registration, publication, and deferment
- reimbursement of 50% of fees outside of the EU (WIPO) – for applying for a trade mark or industrial design, and fees for designation and subsequent fees for designation outside of the EU
For example: A company intends to register a trade mark in four classes within the EU. In total, the fees will come to EUR 1200, while with the funding the ultimate payment will be EUR 300, and the saving would be as much as EUR 900 (approximately PLN 4200)!
Maximum reimbursement of EUR 1000 per person/entity.
How would this work in practice?
Step 1 – applying for funding
The following documents are required:
- a bank statement pertaining to the enterprise’s account, bearing the bank’s name and enterprise’s name, IBAN including the country code, and BIC/SWIFT code,
- a certificate confirming VAT payer status or tax identification number (NIP) certificate, or certificate of allocation of a NIP.
Step 2 – application approval
Once the application has been approved, an application can be submitted for the necessary intellectual property measures such as registration of a trade mark. During this stage, all of the required costs, for example the application fee, have to be paid.
Important! The funding must be used within four months of being received.
Step 3 – applying for reimbursement
Costs will be reimbursed within approximately one month.
