There was an unprecedented number of cybersquatting cases in 2007, according to the latest statistics from the World Intellectual Property Organisation.

Financing high-tech start-ups is not getting any easier, but a pioneering UK biotech may have an escape route

Small is beautiful: patent applications are continuing to rise, but the European Patent Office is pleased that the number it grants is falling.

Researchers at top US universities have gone on the offensive against NIH cuts, saying they will wipe out a generation of junior scientists.

A common format for filing patent applications to the European, Japanese and US patent offices will be introduced at the beginning of next year.