In a new five-year plan to create jobs and rebuild the country’s industrial base, the Irish government has given science a leading role in revitalising the Irish economy.
International experts at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have agreed to simplify the structure of the international system for classifying patents.
The European Commission has announced a 40 per cent cut in the cost of a Community Trademark, bringing the cost of applying online for a trademark to €900.
GlaxoSmithKline is to place over 500 granted patents, and over 300 pending applications, into a pool to help others to develop medicines for neglected diseases.
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