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Following endorsement from the Commission, Europe’s aviation companies will announce plans for joint research programmes to green the industry later this month

New Guidelines acknowledge difficulties around examining computer-implemented inventions, and are also important for new technologies with developing terminologies, where it may be hard to describe an invention in words

Therapies based on human embryonic stem cells should not be granted patents, according to the latest opinion from the Court of Justice of the European Union. If confirmed, this will have a major impact on stem cell research in Europe and on the European life sciences industry as a whole

The recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union that DNA patents are not infringed if the DNA in question is not functional, may make it harder for companies to enforce such patents

Memo to governments: Energy research is different than that in other sectors – longer term, more costly, higher hurdles to market.

New measures are needed for Europe meets its 2020 target of a 20 per cent improvement in energy efficiency. Building intelligence into the electricity grid is one concrete way to achieve this