The EU Intellectual Property Office recently launched a new EUR 20 million grant scheme which offers financial support to SMEs in the EU for reimbursement of trade mark and design applications and for IP pre-diagnostic services (IP Scan). Applications will be open throughout 2021. Other initiatives throughout 2021 will be launched to empower EU SMEs within the […]

Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers and then European Centre for International Political Economy hosted a video with Houk Lee-Makiyama, Director at ECIPE on the Digital Services Act.  You can see the video here: Part I Part II

The Commission has today proposed an annual EU budget of €167.8 billion for 2022, to be complemented by an estimated €143.5 billion in grants under NextGenerationEU. Their combined firepower will mobilise significant investments to boost the economic recovery, safeguard sustainability, and create jobs. It will prioritise green and digital spending in order to make Europe […]

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On May 18, the European Commission adopted a Communication on Business Taxation for the 21st century to promote a robust, efficient and fair business tax system in the European Union. It sets out both a long-term and short-term vision to support Europe’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure adequate public revenues over the coming years. […]