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£3M project to support the future design, operation and roll-out of cost effective carbon capture and storage systems

In a ceremony with less media fanfare than US patent attorneys might have expected, President Obama signed into law legislation that radically revises US patent law.

A new treatment for prostate cancer launched in the UK this week. The drug was discovered by scientists in London, funded by the public. So why is it owned by a US pharma giant?

Higher education needs to put greater priority on engaging with industry, improve teaching, and produce more researchers, says the Commission in its strategy for modernising the sector

This is the German research organisation’s first centre in South America

Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing says it is possible to automatically scan for gems in Chinese language journals and patents

Data on worldwide IP activity in 2009, published this week, show Asia now accounts for 37 per cent of trademark applications

The quality of patent filings has fallen by 20 per cent over the past two decades. And the rush to protect even minor improvements in products or services is overburdening patent offices

GE Healthcare launched an open call to oncology researchers and healthcare specialists, seeking ideas to improve the detection and treatment of breast cancer, as it committed to spend $1 billion on cancer R&D in the next five years

A comprehensive reform of US patents takes effect today (16 September), when the America Invents Act is made law. The changes bring the US patent system into greater conformity with the rest of the world.