The Enterprise and Industry Directorate of the European Commission has recently introduced a new tool, the China IPR SME Helpdesk, to help SMEs expand beyond the EU market and internationalise towards the China.
The new China IPR SME Helpdesk is a thoroughly informative website that introduces European SMEs to the knowledge and business tools required to develop the value of their intellectual property rights and to manage related risks.
The Helpdesk provides free information, first-line advice and training support to European SMEs to protect and enforce their IPR in China. Its free services are offered in its offices by appointment, via telephone and on-line.
A range of practical training tools will also be made available on-line and through training workshops
in Europe and China.