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Croatia
Croatian Chamber
of Economy
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Raising awareness
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Providing consultancy
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Stimulating and
disseminating innovation
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Annexes | Case studies
intellectual assets. The Chamber offers these types of services in alliance with an Italian
firm named ABC NET SERVIZI per L’ IMPRESA, within the consulting area of the Chamber.
With the goal of implementing an IP Training Course Programme in Colombia, a national
alliance between the different Colombian Chamber of Commerce has been established to
allow them to rely on tools to aid the promotion of IP use in the different business.
The Chamber is setting up the first Centre for SMEs for the Promotion and Support
of IP, and is also working with six other chambers in Colombia in a national project to
promote IP to businesses.
The Croatian Chamber of Economy established in 1997 the Society for Innovation
within the Industry Department. Its mission is to promote and help innovators to commercialize
their innovation on domestic and foreign markets, most notably, with regards
to the issue of IP. Among others activities, the Society for Innovation collaborates with
all Croatian institutions and agencies authorized in the IPR field (SIPO, CIT, Ministry for
Science, education and sport, BICRO, etc.)
The mission of the Society for Innovation within the Industry Dept. of the chamber
is to provide information on IP, with the aim to raise the awareness of IP policy. In collaboration
with SIPO and the Croatian Inventors Associations, the Chamber supports
publications and guides aimed to inform and help scientists and innovators obtain
IPR. The Society for Innovation periodically publishes a bilingual (printed and digital)
Catalogue of Croatian innovations and Innovative Products (based only on patented
Croatian inventions) and a guide on the innovation environment in Croatia.
The Croatian Chamber of Economy is a partner in various EU projects on SIPO
(Cards, Phare, Pro Inno Europe – ip4inno) and in EU TEMPUS Programme – Opus
Project (http://opus.unizg.hr). Furthermore, the Chamber is also a partner in the EU
Project EEN Network, which organizes seminars and workshops in the IP field.
The Croatian Chamber of Economy offers some advisory services to its members
within its working programme, including general IP aspects. As these services are
offered free of charge to members specialized consultants are recommended through
the list of authorized and registered Croatian Industrial Property Representatives
(Patent representatives and Trademark representatives) which is public and accessible
on the website of State Intellectual property Office (SIPO): http://www.dziv.hr. The
Chamber also provides information of interest to innovators, such as authorized institutions,
national supporting programmes, IPR system, and possibilities of exhibiting at
domestic and international Innovation Fairs.
The Chamber supports domestic companies as well as innovators and entrepreneurs
exhibiting during domestic and international commercial innovation fairs (Genius
- Geneve, INNOVA – Bruxelles, Arhimed – Moscow etc.), where workshops and seminars
in the IP field for exhibitors/innovators are organized. Moreover, the Chamber
awards The Golden Kuna Award for Innovation to the most successful innovator/
entrepreneur on the domestic market, as well as to the most successful SME. This
award has been granted for the past 10 years to individuals and companies whose
innovation has been one of the key factors of their success on the global market.
Through its Affiliation for Innovations, the Chamber assists companies in disseminating
innovations at Fairs by selecting the best innovations/exhibits, preparing the printed
materials, ad ver tising, translating the materials, helping in the booth during the exhibition
etc. and also by financing a certain part of common exhibition costs – based on
the Invoice of the Fair.
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