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The long-running row over software patenting has finally been referred to the highest appeals body of the European Patent Office.

Top EU official Françoise Le Bail pushes new innovation policies as a route to economic recovery.

Sweden is the most competitive economy as measured by the European Union Lisbon criteria, followed by Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands, according to the World Economic Forum’s The Lisbon Review 2008.

Leading research institutes have joined forces to expand Europe’s energy research capabilities through sharing national facilities and merging of research programmes.

Scientists in Pakistan can now connect with their colleagues across the globe via a new high-speed computer network link.

One of Cambridge’s best known entrepreneurs has been appointed chair of the East of England Stem Cell Network.

They both come armed with broad plans to stimulate innovation, but the U.S. presidential hopefuls may face their own funding gap amid the flailing economy.

Europe’s high-tech clusters are failing to reach their full potential. We need encourage more cooperation, says the Commission.

Forget bank bailouts, investment in innovative sectors like IT, medical devices and biotech will be important in rescuing the US economy. Here’s how John McCain and Barack Obama would apply science and innovation policy to solve the economic crisis.

Despite being the first country in the Eurozone to go into recession, the Irish government said it would maintain funding for Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), with a commitment of Euro 179 million in the 2009 budget.