Owning intellectual property (IP) rights significantly boosts the ability of start-ups to raise funds, according to a new report from the EU Intellectual Property Office and the European Patent Office. Start-ups are 2.5 times more likely to obtain seed funding after filing for a trademark and 2.9 times more likely to get initial funding if they have filed for a patent.
Startups with patents and trade marks are 10 times more successful in securing funding
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