SME 2025 Fund: cumulative grants for SMEs wishing to protect their intellectual property rights

The 2025 SME Fund is launched by the European Commission and the European Union Intellectual Property Office, which manages the EU trade mark and design rights, the observatory on infringements of intellectual property rights and the orphan works database, on 03/02/2025. It will run until 05/12/2025.

The fund provides "a grant scheme designed to help SMEs protect their intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, industrial designs and new plant varieties" with a focus on sustainability, digitalisation, and global competitiveness.

In 2025, SMEs will be able to benefit from cumulative grants of up to:

• €1,000 for patent registration costs,
• €1,500 for the legal costs of drafting and filing European patent applications,
• €750 for trademark or design registration costs.

According to the Commission, this 2025 year's fund is shaped to reach "an even larger number of SMEs than previous years".

The SME Fund scheme aims to:

• "Help SMEs leverage their intellectual property to boost their growth and drive transformative solutions;
• Encourage more SMEs to take advantage of the…