The China IPR SME Helpdesk invites you to a 20 minute one-on-one intellectual property consultation session.
• Receive advice on how to manage your IP in China (protection, registration, enforcement), without expensive legal fees
• Personalised, practical and business focused advice
• A chance to get advice from Shanghai's top intellectual property law firms
• 100% free and confidential
Between 2pm-5pm on the 20th of January 20-minute consultation slots with Beata Suwala is available for European SMEs, email us at pnordin@europeanchamber.com.cn to book your slot and verify your company status. Due to the nature of the funding, China IPR SME Helpdesk consultations are available to European small and medium enterprises (SME) ONLY. The European Commission defines an SMEs as having 250 employees or less and an annual turnover of Euro 50 million or less.
About Beata Suwala
Beata is a Polish patent attorney and European trademark attorney.
She holds a master degree in law from the University of Warsaw and obtained a LL.M degree in IP Law in Spain. Beata has worked for more than three years in law firms in Poland and in Spain where she dealt with international IP portfolios including IP rights prosecutions, enforcement actions and drafting contracts. Afterwards she joined the European IPR Helpdesk, where she advised on IP and in particular on technology transfer under the European Commission’s funded projects (the 7th Framework Programme and Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme). Beata joined the China IPR SME Helpdesk in June 2011.
About The China IPR SME Helpdesk
The China IPR SME Helpdesk supports European Union (EU) small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to both protect and enforce their Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in or relating to China, through the provision of free information and services. These take the form of jargon-free, first-line, confidential advice on intellectual property and related issues, plus training, materials and online resources. The China IPR SME Helpdesk project is funded by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).