IPR CD now available The Intellectual property rights Helpdesk (IPR-Helpdesk), a project funded by the European Commission Innovation Programme of the Enterprise DG, has produced a CD-ROM for the EU-RTD community. Entitled 'It all starts with an idea', the CD-ROM incorporates a complete offline ... The Intellectual property rights Helpdesk (IPR-Helpdesk), a project funded by the European Commission Innovation Programme of the Enterprise DG, has produced a CD-ROM for the EU-RTD community. Entitled 'It all starts with an idea', the CD-ROM incorporates a complete offline copy of the multilingual IPR-Helpdesk website, more than 10,000 pages of IPR information in English, French and German. The IPR-Helpdesk offers help with intellectual property (IP) issues for FP5 (Fifth Framework programme) contractors, providing free advice on research contracts, consortium agreements and general IP information. A legal helpline (info@ipr-helpdesk.org) enables registered users to have specific IP questions answered in detail. The IPR-Helpdesk website is a major source of IP and innovation information for every EU Member State. Tutorials and guides in at least three EU languages help make the complex IPR issues in EU-funded R&D activities understandable. A free monthly electronic newsletter IP-Wire (ip-wire@ipr-helpdesk.org) provides the latest news in the IPR and innovation fields. The IPR-Helpdesk has produced an extensive multimedia tutorial for the esp@cenet( service of the European Patent Organisation. This tutorial helps laypersons to use the esp@cenet( database - which contains more than 30 million patent documents - effectively and is available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. The CD-ROM 'It all starts with an idea' is available free with the forthcoming issue of CORDIS Focus to all current and potential EU-RTD contractors and can be requested at the details below.
