Small and medium enterprise case studies
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The available information on important IP issues for SMEs, which takes into account their special needs such as time and resource constraints, actual knowledge and required understandable "business" language, is limited. Thus, many SMEs are challenged by the peculiarities of the IP system. Acknowledging these facts and the paramount importance of SMEs the EPO compiled in cooperation with the Danish Patent and Trademark Office, the French Industrial Property Office, the German Patent and Trade Mark Office and the UK Patent Office a series of SME case studies on IP.