Europe

The European Patent Office rejected more patent applications than it passed for the first time last year, a move that it says will to raise the quality of the patents it grants.

The European Patent Office has made its patent portfolio management tool IPscore available to download free of charge.

National Rectors’ Conferences have been reporting on the situation facing their universities in the current economic climate. The results have been mixed.

Increased political will is driving a boom in the use of GM crops. But Europe risks getting left behind, says a new report.

Leading research institutes have joined forces to expand Europe’s energy research capabilities through sharing national facilities and merging of research programmes.

Europe’s biotechnology industry needs to speak with one voice and have a single, flagship gathering like the US’s annual BIO conference, says Eric Poincelet.

China has been ranked the most attractive destination for foreign direct investment in Ernst & Young’s fifth annual European attractiveness survey.