Vorarlberg is an innovation champion, both nationally and internationally. Local companies profit from a unique setting of creativitiy and productivity, which brings them valuable competitive advantages.
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) should be considered even in the initial phase of R&D or innovation projects. A professional patent research, technology audit as well as the assessment of trends are the foundation of good development work. Companies, which clarify intellectual property rights at an early stage and develop IPR strategies, increase the probability of economic success significantly.
Service Overview
- Professional IPR consulting
- Support for companies in protecting their IPR
- Patent research and analysis of state of the art technology
- Events on the subject to intellectual property and IPR
- Free initial advice by a patent attorney at monthly patent information days (see next dates)
Promotion of property rights
- The FFG patent checks is an attractive grant for SMEs and founder of up to 10,000 Euro for patent research and patent applications.
- Green.IP from aws supports micro-enterprises and SMEs in the development and implementation of an innovation protection strategy with a grant of up to EUR 75,000.
- The free service discover.IP offers founders and companies a confidential information meeting with experts from the Austrian Patent Office and aws.
- The KMU.fonds supports activities related to intellectual property (searches, patent applications, trademark and design protection) and is funded by the European Commission and the EUIPO
Free further education offers
As part of the IP Academy, the Austrian Patent Office offers a series of informative online webinars dealing with various aspects of intellectual property. The free offer is aimed at companies of all sizes, researchers and anyone interested in deepening their knowledge of intellectual property.
The IP_Academy
More Information
Please contact us for more information about how we can help you to protect your innovation and/or business ideas.
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