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Belgian Presidency pledges to press ahead on patents

Delivering the EU patent just got harder. But the Belgian presidency says it won’t give up on this daunting task.

The Business of Innovation

ESADE stands out as the only business school involved in an EIT project. It sees this as central to its work to promote innovation.

Legal opinion delivers blow to single patent

The proposal for a unified patent court is incompatible with EU Treaties, says Europe’s Advocate General, a serious setback for the creation of the European Patent.

New model for corporate venture investments

Philips has invested in Dutch VC Gilde’s new healthcare fund, Gilde Healthcare III, in what the companies say is a unique cooperation.

Turning Grand Challenges into big markets

Can it make commercial sense for companies to charge head-on into large-scale problems like climate change, ageing or energy supplies? Yes, according to Dow Corning.

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Calling Europe’s entrepreneurs: create the smart grid

GE calls on European researchers and innovators: Pitch in your ideas to help build the electricity grids of the future.

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David Bott

Money makes the world go around

Don’t punish companies that fail to deliver risky projects. Help them do better next time, says David Bott, Director of Innovation Programmes at the Technology Strategy Board.

Nuala Moran

The language of patents

Limiting the number of languages used by a unified patent court is not an affront to Europe’s cultural diversity, but a pragmatic move to increase its competitiveness, writes Nuala Moran.

David Willetts

When money is tight, the returns from science matter

Public spending on research has to stand up to rigorous economic scrutiny said the UK’s new Science Minister David Willetts, in a recent speech.

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