The Lisbon strategy aim of making Europe the leading knowledge-based economy remains a far-off aspiration. Now the UK wants a fresh approach to the single market to move things forward.

On 21 December 2006 the Washington Research Foundation (WRF), which manages the intellectual property of Washington State’s public universities, filed a lawsuit alleging infringement of four patents concerning Bluetooth technology.

The company may top the US's patents league, but IBM still thinks the system is broken.

Watertight protection is more important than the speed with which patents are granted, according to a survey of business and academia.

The patents juggernaut chugs out of the lay-by as Charlie McCreevy sets out his latest vision following the large scale consultation that took place earlier this year.