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The move to encourage wider access to the results of publicly-funded research will have limited impact without the associated tools, networks and standards that are needed for sharing and mining of data. The Research Data Alliance aims to provide them

Overall Europe’s innovation performance is up, despite economic woes. But the best performers are pulling further ahead of the rest of the field, and the top global players outside Europe still dominate

Technology transfer in Germany is ripe for reform. A grace period for filing patents would help – and industry collaboration needs an overhaul, says Jörg Steinbach, President of the Technical University of Berlin

University and industry lobbyists are gearing up for a busy spring in Brussels, as the Parliament and the Council lock horns on the 2014 - 2020 budget, with investment in Horizon 2020 up for grabs once more

The European Parliament delivered a protest vote against the austerity budget agreed by national governments for 2014 – 2020. Now further negotiations – including on the €80B Horizon 2020 R&D programme – must be finessed by the Irish Presidency

The UK government does not have a coherent strategy to support the commercialisation of research and is failing to secure the full economic benefits of its world-class science base, warn MPs

2012 was a record year for patent filings and grants, European Patent Office reports

Success will depend on ‘getting the fees right’ and the quality of decisions of the new court, EPO president says

With more and more services available over the Web, those without access are at an increasing disadvantage. An EU-funded programme is plotting a route across this digital divide, helping SMEs develop products and empowering older people