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Three reports, two commissioned by possible next premier Gordon Brown and one inspired by him provide a glimpse of the future shape of UK innovation policy.

Just few days after the announcement of cut in its biology budget, France’s leading public research organisation is going flat out for industrial contracts.

Political naivety and national protectionism were blamed for quashing the latest attempt to forge a single patent regime for the European Union.

A new agency is needed with significant funds to pull through research ideas into viable products and services, says the UK Conservative Party.

Europe needs to shape up its IT department and make us all better at applying and using computers, says the European Union’s ICT taskforce.

The European Commission is endorsing the use of tax incentives to stimulate investment on R&D, and calling for a single standardised approach across member states.

Forget the Nasdaq. We at Science|Business have invented our own index of technology markets. We call it the Innovation Index.

Unilever is restructuring of its Foods R&D organisation in Europe, concentrating its efforts into just six centres of excellence.

A European Network of Living Labs has been launched with a focus on putting users at the centre of product development and innovation.

Earlier this week, Ocean Tomo launched an Intellectual Property index for the US market. The index only covers US stocks – and it would be interesting to think about constructing a similar index for the UK market.