As of 1st  February 2010 Polish SMEs can apply for EU funding to cover  costs of registering and protecting their inventions, utility models and industrial designs outside Poland.

Some 36 195 997,50 PLN is available this year for co-financing IP projects in the framework of the Operational Programme "Innovative Economy" managed by the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development. For more information: http://poig.parp.gov.pl/index/more/13671