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Helping UK universities turn their ideas into business has turned into a business of its own – with four IP management companies quoted on London’s Alternative Investment Market.

Are patents too easy to acquire – or too hard? The UK is trying to find out, writes Nuala Moran

Multinationals have a new weapon in the innovation race: technology scouts. These people scan the globe looking for the next big thing.

The Scotsman reports on a life sciences industry meeting in Edinburgh, and sparks off some thoughts about Qinetiq.

TU Delft ditched the usual model of outlicensing or seeking venture capital backing when it was looking to commercialise a novel wastewater treatment technology.