Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

In the frame of the European Union’s (EU)  IPeuropAware project, tools were developed for the better exploitation of Intellectual Property (IP) of the SMEs. Those tools were further developed and updated not only under IPorta project but also under the VIP4SME, which was completed on December 2019 and to which OBI participated as partner.

The following tools were implemented by OBI.

• Sectoral Guides for the Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and their protection from counterfeiting:
  • A Guide for the Furniture Industry
  • A Guide for the Leather Industry
  • A Guide for the Footware Industry
  • A Guide for the Textile and Clothing Industry
• Innovator Guide / Consider Licensing, with information on Licensing (in Greek).
• Innovator Guide / Invention and Innovation, with information on the importance of protecting the Intellectual Assets and developing an Innovation Strategy (in Greek).  
• Soft IP, with information on alternative ways of protecting your Intellectual Property (in Greek). 
• Website INNOVACCESS – Access to Innovation – General and Country specific information for Intellectual Property. In the frame of new European Union’s (EU) IPorta project, this website was further developed and enriched with material for the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and with tools for best managing Intellectual Property (IP). Further development and enrichment with tools/methodologies was achieved with VIP4SME project.   
• Intellectual Assets (IA) Management Tools for capturing and recording Intellectual Assets within a company
• Intellectual Property (IP) Valuation Tool for the valuation of IP Assets using qualitative and quantitative approaches