Obama, Clinton, McCain…Blair, Merkel, Rasmussen, Juncker…no doubt about it, 2009 will be a year of political change, new faces, new offices, and new policies on both sides of the Atlantic. European policymakers continue to talk about reviving the so-called ‘Lisbon Agenda’ and an array of new proposals and grant programs to kick start research and… » read more

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On Thursday, May 7, the European Patent Organization concluded its annual European Patent Forum. This year the focus was on ‘Inventing a Cleaner Future’. Climate change experts did a laudable job in setting the stage for a discussion on whether the current IP system—namely patents—was up to the task of encouraging innovation and dissemination of… » read more

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