| Tittel: | Empowering SMEs to leverage IP for innovation | | Ansvar: | Frank Tietze | | Forfatter: | Tietze, Frank  | | Materialtype: | Artikkel - elektronisk | | Signatur: | WIPO Magazine | | Utgitt: | Geneva : WIPO, 2021 | | Omfang: | S. 14-18 | | ISBN/ISSN: | 1564-7854 | | Serie: | WIPO Magazine ; 2/2021 | | Emneord: | Immaterialrett / Innovasjon / Små og mellomstore bedrifter | | Note: | Open access (CC BY 3.0 IGO) | | Innhold: | Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up a large share of economies, whether in developed or less developed countries. They contribute substantially to GDP and are a critical source of innovation across all sectors, markets and aspects of life. In the current COVID-19 pandemic, SMEs have contributed to the development of crisis-critical products. Examples include the German-based SME BioNtech in the area of vaccines and BenevolentAI in identifying a COVID-19 treatment that recently secured Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. SMEs are also behind many of the digital communication tools that we now use on a daily basis.
Intellectual property (IP) in its different forms, ranging from patents and trademarks to design rights and copyright, is of great importance to SMEs. A number of studies show that firms in general, and SMEs in particular, perform better when they pay attention to their IP. Arguably, IP makes all the difference, in particular, to the fortunes for Gazelles (ambitious, high-growth SMEs); startups when they are younger; and large firms, when they are successful. Let’s take a few examples to illustrate how IP has made a difference. | | Del av verk: | WIPO Magazine 2/2021 |
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