Tools
In this section, find trusted tools to grow your business at national, European and global levels in the areas of: finance and funding, protecting your idea, business/trade support and legal regulatory support. Use the filters to find the most helpful tool for you under the available categories.
![ideescan logo](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_image/public/2023-08/ideescan-logo_3.png?itok=Jm7VPyQL)
Free
Protecting your ideas
![benelux office for intellectual property logo](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_platform_logo/public/2023-08/BOIP_LIGGEND_LOGO_EN_RGB.png?itok=otyepFp2)
ideeSCAN for SMEs in Belgium
Discover how to protect your idea in the Belgium by completing a short questionnaire.
Public Organisation
FR
NL
![In een paar minuten direct uitgebreid resultaat gratis en vrijblijvend. Groene button doe de ideeSCAN.](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_image/public/2023-08/Ideescan%20display%20afbeelding%20vierkant%20%284%29_2.jpg?itok=_ALFk33b)
Free
Protecting your ideas
![benelux bureau voor de intellectuele eigendom logo](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_platform_logo/public/2023-08/BOIP_LIGGEND_LOGO_NL_RGB_1.png?itok=9Rm_EE7q)
ideeSCAN for SMEs in the Netherlands
Discover how to protect your idea in the Netherlands by completing a short questionnaire.
Public Organisation
NL
![Bookshelves and laptops are placed on the library desk.E-learning class and e-book digital technology](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_image/public/2022-12/Bookshelves%20and%20laptops%20are%20placed%20on%20the%20library%20desk.E-learning%20class%20and%20e-book%20digital%20technology.jpg?itok=Ic-o8LU9)
Free
Legal and regulatory support
![OEPM logo](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_platform_logo/public/2024-05/MIT_OepmSiglas_0.jpg?itok=BXsoq8cy)
MIO database - Spain
A Spanish Patent and Trade mark Office (SPTO) files database.
Public Organisation
ES
![Training](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_image/public/2023-01/GettyImages-664599098.jpg?itok=gJX6oebv)
Free
Legal and regulatory support
![OEPM logo](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_platform_logo/public/2024-05/MIT_OepmSiglas_0.jpg?itok=BXsoq8cy)
File registration database (CEO) - Spain
A Spanish Patent and Trade mark Office (SPTO) files database.
Public Organisation
ES
![EU tm](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_image/public/2023-01/GettyImages-1290692464.jpg?itok=_dtuuUP-)
Free
Legal and regulatory support
![OEPM logo](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_platform_logo/public/2024-05/MIT_OepmSiglas_0.jpg?itok=BXsoq8cy)
INVENES database - Spain
Invention Database managed by the Spanish Patent and Trade mark Office (SPTO).
Public Organisation
ES
![Cyberscan](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_image/public/2022-03/GettyImages-477989610.jpg?itok=IPtMAT9C)
Free
Legal and regulatory support
![Belgisches Amt für geistiges Eigentum (IPObel)](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_platform_logo/public/2021-05/economie_cmyk.jpg?itok=pr0r1cA7)
Cyberscan
The Cyberscan is specially designed for the small and medium-sized (SME) public, including the self-...
Public Organisation
FR
NL
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Free
Business / Trade support
![](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_platform_logo/public/2022-02/Finland_1.png?itok=l5JD4rrV)
Becoming an entrepreneur in Finland
Becoming an entrepreneur in Finland.
Public Organisation
EN
FI
![Cyberscan](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_image/public/2022-03/GettyImages-477989610.jpg?itok=IPtMAT9C)
Free
Business / Trade support
![](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_platform_logo/public/2021-05/IPOI_1.png?itok=Fc9AsT_f)
SME search
Government support for your business.
Public Organisation
EN
![Term calculator](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_image/public/2022-02/GettyImages-1274394138.jpg?itok=kb-VUtiO)
Free
Protecting your ideas
Cost calculator for the protection of intellectual property
Cost calculator for the protection of intellectual property (IP) created by the Netherlands Patent O...
Public Organisation
EN
NL