Science|Business Reporting

Increased patent filings China, South Korea and the US drove growth in worldwide filing of patent applications to 1.76 million in 2006 a 4.9 percent increase over 2005.

UK Tax Credits to encourage small businesses to invest more in research and development will increase by GBP 80 million a year.

The UK High Court issued its judgment Eli Lilly & Co v Human Genome Sciences Inc, the first UK case to decide the validity of a gene sequence patent discovered through bioinformatics.

London Stock Exchange Group plc and Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc. have published an outline framework for their proposed new Tokyo-based market for growing companies.

Connect national research programmes into one huge, coordinated joint programme with the view to solving common problems, suggests the Commission.

Humboldt-Universitat has set a new standard for technology commercialisation in Germany with a €50 million fund to invest in spin-outs.