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As patent offices choke on the surge in demand, and illegal downloading and counterfeiting grows apace, Francis Gurry, new head of WIPO, outlines his priorities.

Commission President José Manuel Barroso is convinced that the EIT can play a major role in making Europe tomorrow’s magnet for talent.

The notion that resources should be shifted from physics to climate change research is wrong-headed, says Professor David Wark in his address to the British Association Festival of Science.

As the most expensive experiment in history gets off the ground, the Large Hadron Collider should provide inspiration for European research as a whole.

Across the world innovation policy remains largely dominated by an “assembly line” Fordist-style thinking – but 21st-century innovation is based on fuzzy logic, says NESTA’s Sami Mahroum.

Too many initiatives in the European Union are blunted by lack of clarity. That can’t happen with cluster policy, says the Science|Business Innovation Board.

Biofuels’ fall from grace must not be allowed to undermine research into sustainable, climate-friendly, second-generation biofuels.

Slovenia has done much ito advance causes in which Science|Business and its readers take an interest. The French Presidency must maintain this momentum.

A single structure for start-up companies is critical for innovation, said Commissioner Charlie McCreevy at the launch of the Small Business Act for Europe.