Maiwald blog articles

All articles

Financial Support for SMEs Applying for Trademarks or Designs

SMEs can apply for a 50% subsidy on the official fees of a trademark or design application in Germany or Europe in 2021. The European Commission and EUIPO support program, which comprises 20 million euros for one year, will come into effect on January 1, 2021. SMEs can first use a checklist to determine whether they are eligible for funding. If so, a request for reimbursement can be submitted before filing a European or German trademark or design application. If this request is approved, the applicant will be reimbursed 50% of the application fees within one month of filing, as long as the relevant funding is available. The funding is divided into five budgets of 4,000,000 euros each, which are available for intervals of two months from February to November 2021. The funding is limited to one application per SME.

Our blog contributions shall provide an overview with regard to legal topics, legislation and case law and are supposed to provide some general information rather than constituting any specific advice. Please do not hesitate to contact Maiwald and in particular the authors of the particular contributions if have any questions on the addressed topics or on other legal issues.

Contact us

Authors

Susanna Heurung

Partner

Attorney-at-Law

Certified IP Lawyer

Head of Trademark and Design Department