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Tax breaks are becoming an increasing popular way for governments to encourage innovation, as direct public spending on corporate R&D declines, according to a new report by the OECD.

It's been tough to actually put a price on patents. Will reform of the US patent rules make it easier to capitalise on intellectual property?

A call for new ideas to shake up the Brussels policy world.

After a competition dispute that dragged on for nine years, Microsoft has agreed to allow access to its technology.

The European Policy Centre, a Brussels policy think-tank, has called on the European Union to adopt a more market-oriented approach to innovation policy.

Microsoft has agreed to allow access to its technology following the court ruling last month, a move the European Commission says will lead to more innovation in the software market.

On its second anniversary, the Science|Business news network is launching the Policy Bridge, an independent channel for news and events dedicated to EU innovation and R&D policy.

Mark Keane has been appointed Vice President for Innovation at University College Dublin, with a brief to be the focal point for knowledge transfer, entrepreneurship and external partnerships.

The European Commission has authorised €31 million aid from the French Industrial Innovation Agency for OSIRIS, an agricultural biotechnology research programme.

The UK is to back up a review of science and innovation policy by former science minister David Sainsbury with £1 billion over the next three years to boost business innovation and technology development.

Biotech and pharma companies have overtaken the technology sector in the European Commission’s annual scoreboard of R&D investment for the first time.

With the French Senate ratifying the London Agreement on patent translation, technology companies can look to a much cheaper future.

Flagship venture capitalist David Berry takes a hands-on approach to finding and nurturing emerging ideas and companies in life sciences and clean energy.