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.
![PIZnet.de](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_image/public/2024-03/PIZnet_Website_2024_0.jpg?itok=bOd38ZpS)
Paid
Business / Trade support
![PIZnet](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_platform_logo/public/2024-03/PIZnet_Logo_kurz_rgb-9d5e6288.jpg?itok=bBjEwroI)
IP Search Services, IP Scan Services and IP Valuation Services
The German Patent Information Centres are recognised cooperation partners of the German Patent and T...
Public Organisation
DE
![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
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Free
Legal and regulatory support
![Estonian Logo Tools and Training](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_platform_logo/public/2022-06/Estonia%20Logo1.png?itok=_Gfz7tT5)
IP sorter
The Estonian Patent Office has created a simple tool to help determine which type of industrial prop...
Public Organisation
ET
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Free
Protecting your ideas
![Portugiesisches Institut für gewerbliches Eigentum](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_platform_logo/public/2021-07/inpi.jpg?itok=SUZ1GbVv)
IP searches in Portugal
Searches on IP Rights in Portugal.
Public Organisation
EN
PT
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Free
Legal and regulatory support
![Portugiesisches Institut für gewerbliches Eigentum](/sites/default/files/styles/training_tools_platform_logo/public/2021-07/inpi.jpg?itok=SUZ1GbVv)
Anti counterfeiting portal
The tool allows the exchange of key information between rights holders and Enforcement Authorities t...
Public Organisation
PT
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Free
Business / Trade support
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Becoming an entrepreneur in Finland
Becoming an entrepreneur in Finland.
Public Organisation
EN
FI
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Free
Protecting your ideas
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IP Hub
Everything at a glance: services, subsidies and events related to Intellectual Property in Austria.
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Public Organisation
DE
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Free
Protecting your ideas
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discover.IP
Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws), in cooperation with the Austrian Patent Office, s...
Public Organisation
DE
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Free
Funding and Investment
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Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) Funding Service
Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) Funding Service is the central contact point for enquiries...
Public Organisation
DE
EN