The world’s five major patent offices are to join forces to banish duplication, make examination procedures more efficient and improve international patent rights.
More attention needs to be paid to increasing the ability of cities and regions to absorb innovation, says Sami Mahroum from the UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and Arts, and academic colleagues.
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