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Lots of buzz preceded what was billed as the world's first live, multi-lot technology patent auction on April 6, but reality failed to meet expectations for many of the inventors who put up 400-plus patents for sale.

A review of the literature draws some interesting conclusions on the performance of venture capital investors.

After finding nothing wrong with the specifics of the preclinical data, the product, or how the trial was conducted, the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has ordered an investigation to changes in clinical trials procedures.

Israeli researchers have invented software to “freeze” an image of the human heart in order to facilitate catheter navigation. They are now looking for either an investment or a licensing deal for the technology.

An early pioneer of innovation tries again to spin out its own ideas.

A spin-out from Helsinki University of Technology is looking for further funding and possible partnerships to jointly develop and commercialise its thin flexible paper battery technology.

The UK's Department of Trade and Industry has £80 milion to give away. Is your technology in their sights?

Three small business with a collective staff of less than 60 get to share €600,000 of EU cash

Why not take a trip to Brighton to network with some spin-out agents? We'll be there.

The DTI in the UK sent a Global Watch Mission team to California last year to look at biosensors and biosensing "major global industries, with the worldwide total annual sales of medical biosensors exceeding £2.8 billion in 2003". The team has just reported back.

A Chicago merchant bank will take a new twist on selling intellectual property next week when it holds a live auction to sell 400-plus patents from some of the most valued technology innovators in the world. Lori Valigra looks at the list.

The Scottish Funding Council has put up £870,000 in an initiative to provide a single point of access for matching the know-how within the country's 20 universities and research institutions with the needs of small- and medium-sized enterprises.

The UK budget last week set out measures to extract more value, improve quality and increase innovation from the billions the government spends on science. Nuala Moran looks into the small print.

A small UK charity has turned entrepreneur to develop a low cost, mass manufactured, modern device to pump the blood of people whose heart muscle is failing.

Philippe Pouletty is on a roll. One by one, the serial entrepreneur with a penchant for provocative lobbying is seeing his ideas become official French policy. But not everyone is pleased.

Sweden is ranked number one among 31 European nations for its spending on R&D - but it is still looking for its first home-grown biotechnology product.

For 30 years, the European Commission has been trying to fix the broken patent process, but keeps running afoul of entrenched intestests. Is it any wonder that European countries keep dropping in the world patent leagues?

A new wave of companies with rich backers plans to change how people interact over the Internet. But sceptics are still searching for a sustainable business model.

A Linköpings Tekniska Högskola spin-out has developed plug-in devices for the direct production of 3D animations. The company is now looking for a first private funding round.

Endorsed - if lukewarmly - by Europe's leaders, the plan for a "European Institute of Technology", now goes to the back rooms in Brussels for more cooking.