How much subsidy can you receive?
You can receive a subsidy for both the application for a trademark and a design. You will receive part of the official application fees back.
Benelux: 75% of the official taxes
European Union: 75% of official taxes
Outside EU (IR): 50% of official taxes
For who?
Small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) falling under the European definition:
- Establishment in an EU Member State with fewer than 250 employees?
- Annual turnover lower than 50 million euros and/or the annual balance sheet lower than 43 million?
- Have not previously received a subsidy for a trademark and/or design application
If you can answer “yes” to everything, you meet the conditions and you are eligible for the SME voucher.
How does it work?
- You send us the necessary information & documents
- Abcor applies for the SME voucher for you and prepares the trademark application
- Abcor will receive notification within one month whether the application has been approved
- You will receive a voucher worth €1,000
- Abcor applies for your trademark and you pay the application costs, of which you are send the payment confirmation
- We will redeem the voucher within 30 days of receipt and you will receive a reimbursement of 50 or 75% of the official taxes.
Requirements
To apply for the SME voucher, we need some information from you, namely:
- Authorization to request a voucher for you. We will send this to you for signature
- Bank certificate or bank statement stating the name of your company as account holder, the IBAN with country code and BIX/SWIFT code. You can request this from the bank.
- A VAT declaration or proof of the company’s national registration number, issued by the competent national authority. This can be a statement from the Tax Authorities or a Chamber of Commerce extract
