The IPR-Helpdesk (http://www.ipr-helpdesk.org) is a free of charge, multi-lingual service for IPR issues co-funded by the European Commission. It offers a broad spectrum of services (online helpline, email-messenger, bulletin etc.) for everyone interested in questions relating to intellectual property rights, especially in the framework of EU research projects. Whenever you have a question in this context, you can send an email to the helpline (ipr-helpdesk@ua.es)  which will be answered by the Helpdesk staff within 3 working days. You can also subscribe to the IPR-Helpdesk publications, such as the News-Service and the IPR Bulletin (http://www.ipr-helpdesk.org/Subscribe.action?len=de).