Here's a heads up for quantum startups: the European Union Intellectual Property Office offers a fund scheme designed to help EU-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) protect their intellectual property (IP) rights.
It runs via a European Commission initiative, and has opened for its fourth consecutive year.
The SME fund will run until 5 December 2025 and will provide reimbursement vouchers for interested European SMEs partly covering the costs borne for the protection of their IP assets.
You can find more information here and start registering your company for applying to the fund scheme here.
If you have an IP related question, you can contact QDNL's IP-portfolio manager Guido Paola.