Intellectual property laws have fallen short of providing legal protection on indigenous knowledge. Now India is setting up a database to establish prior art on traditional knowledge.
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.
Matching consumer demand with R&D may seem like an obvious starting point for innovation. But it has proven a transient goal for many countries and companies.
Two of Europe’s gene therapy pioneers have reported significant progress in the last week, bringing commercial gene therapy products yet closer to reality.
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