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.

Free
Protecting your ideas

Horizon IP Scan service
Horizon IP Scan is a tailored, free-of-charge, first-line IP support service provided by the Europea...
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Legal and regulatory support

Cyberscan
The Cyberscan is specially designed for the small and medium-sized (SME) public, including the self-...
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FR
NL

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Legal and regulatory support

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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Legal and regulatory support

eSearch plus
Search trade marks, designs, owners, representatives, bulletins and EUIPO decisions in one single ap...
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Funding and Investment

SME Fund
Get financial support for intellectual property (IP) applications and IP Scan.
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Business / Trade support

Africa IP SME Helpdesk Country Factsheets
Up-to-date, country by country intellectual property (IP) guides of Africa developed for EU small an...
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Protecting your ideas

Self-assessment 'Succeed in the digital world'
This fast and personalized online self-diagnostic tool to help you assess your digital maturity in l...
Public Organisation
FR

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Protecting your ideas

Intellectual property pre-diagnosis
The IP pre-diagnosis service is open to SMEs that wish to develop an approach to protection of their...
Public Organisation
FR

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Protecting your ideas

French Patent and Trademark Office (INPI) Start-up programme
New IP support programme dedicated to start-ups launched by the French Patent and Trademark Office. ...
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FR