David Alcock of the Patent Attorneys D Young & Co addresses concerns that a recent patent judgment undermines the concept of evergreening, even though Tate & Lyle’s US patents to Sucralose are valid.
Academic entrepreneurs from across Europe were named last night as the winners of the inaugural Academic Enterprise Awards 2008, at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.
The Karolinska Institute’s technology commercialisation reported a strong initial take-up of a new share issue to raise money to develop portfolio companies.
IBM is to set up a computing research “collaboratory” in Dublin, creating 40 jobs at IBM and local universities, supported by the Irish government through IDA Ireland.
Bosnia and Herzegovina have signed a memorandum of understanding with the European Commission, allowing full access to the 7th Research Framework Programme.
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