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21 Oct 2010, 2:16 am
  And are we not consistently told that SMEs are proportionately more generative of innovations? [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 3:20 am by Falk Metzler
The Commission will in 2011 make proposals for a European knowledge market for patents and licensing.More precisely, the framework conditions for business to innovate shall be improved by creating the unified EU Patent and a specialised Patent Court (EEUPC),  modernising the framework of copyright and trademarks,  improving access of SMEs to Intellectual Property Protection,  speed up setting of interoperable standards;  improve access to capital and make full use of… [read post]
4 Oct 2010, 1:44 am by Kelly
(IP Osgoode) Access Copyright strikes back re status of 99 of 101 objectors (Excess Copyright) Council of Ministers of Education, Canada seek leave to appeal decision involving fair dealing in education (Michael Geist) (Excess Copyright) China 6 central authorities announce IPR pledging policies to support SMEs to finance themselves (China Law Blog) Draft amendments to the Patent Agency Regulations under public consultation (China Law Blog) Columbia Are we there yet? [read post]
3 Oct 2010, 9:47 pm
There was some money available for a juicy EU-funded research project on "patent costs: international comparison and analysis of the impact on the exploitation of R&D results by SMEs, universities, and public research organisations". [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 9:48 am by admin
Enrique Alcázar, directivo del despacho que vende la mayor parte de las franquicias entre los ex trabajadores de LFC, atribuyó este resultado a que muchos conservaron la expectativa de ser recontratados por la CFE, pero no fue así para la mayoría de los miembros del SME. [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 7:31 am by Gareth
  The decision has also been described as “naked self-interest”, “absolutely unacceptable”, “a fundamental attack on the basic principle of the internal market that there should be no discrimination of any kind on companies, wherever they operate in a single uniform unitary market”, “fundamentally against the principles of the European Union” and a result of “somewhat protectionist temptations”, as well as a threat to… [read post]
28 Sep 2010, 12:49 am
If we let this happen due to the somewhat protectionist temptations in this or that country, it will be the SMEs who will be the first victims. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 10:18 pm by Dan
I was talking with a client today for whom we are doing what I consider to be our standard China start-up "package. [read post]
25 Sep 2010, 2:40 pm by Falk Metzler
Fröhlinger repeated the Commission's economical position that implementing the EEUPC system would particularly help European SMEs, Mr. [read post]
22 Sep 2010, 7:08 am
Here Is My Definition - http://tinyurl.com/2fbp7w2 Content for Understanding Technology A Loophole Big Enough for a Cookie to Fit Through - http://tinyurl.com/39fu5r5 Email Moderation Feature - http://tinyurl.com/29f5d2g Evidence that Social Media Really Does Drive Sales - http://tinyurl.com/243eohu Federal Officials, Tech Execs Discuss Cloud Implementation - http://tinyurl.com/2cnyfav Google Apps Adds Two-Step Verification - http://tinyurl.com/28be3g8 Google’s Chief on Social, Mobile and… [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 9:40 am by Suzanne Dingwall Williams
In 2009 the BDC was saddled with the gargantuan task in of overseeing and implementing credit stimulus programs to preserve cash flow for SMEs; it's fair to say their hands have been full. [read post]
20 Sep 2010, 9:07 am by Lawrence Solum
In current European Union contract law, SMEs are typically excluded from weaker party protection. [read post]
13 Sep 2010, 12:22 am
SMEs are crying out for protection and many cannot afford patents; patent offices are overloaded with unexamined “real” patents; investors feel more comfortable to back a venture which enjoys even apparent protection in preference to one which lacks it; professional representatives are increasingly looking for things to do in a world in which international cooperation, pan-Europeanisation, harmonisation and globalisation reduce the areas in which they can provide valuable (and… [read post]
12 Sep 2010, 4:34 am by Chris Laughton
The 150,000 SMEs at risk of insolvency should certainly be taking early advice to avoid financial distress, but so too should the rest of the 500,000 SMEs that are reliant on public sector contracts (according to R3's research). [read post]
6 Sep 2010, 3:03 pm by emp
 Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have no negotiating heft and will simply receive whatever standard terms providers can get away with. [read post]
6 Sep 2010, 8:55 am by Claire Daley
Where does this leave the problem of lending to SMEs? [read post]
6 Sep 2010, 12:42 am by Marie Louise
(Patentology) More on ‘Whiskas Purple’ trade mark: Mars Australia Pty Ltd (formerly Effem Foods Pty Ltd) v Société des Produits Nestlé SA (ipwars.com) (jiplp) IP Australia ‘reaches out’ to SMEs (Patentology) Serving documents electronically – not as simple as it seems (Patentology) (ipwars.com) Copyright owner on song against karaoke lounge: Top Plus Pty Ltd v K Square Pty Ltd (IP Whiteboard)   Brazil Brazil Copyright Reform comment… [read post]
2 Sep 2010, 3:40 pm
An IP Tsar who champions IP rights, who integrates and coordinates criminal and civil law enforcement, who provides guidance and support to those who legislate, administer and quantify the results of IP, to hit heads together and encourage a little common sense, and who can help think up effective ways of enabling SMEs to finance the justifiable protection of their IP investments -- this is what we need. [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 5:10 pm by Clif Burns
As has been anticipated since March 29, 2010, when the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking eliminating the advance notice and approval requirements of section 126.8 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”), the agency has now officially eliminated those requirements and deleted the section from [...] [read post]