The “Advancing Innovation and Entrepreneurship” conference aimed to better educate faculty to recognize opportunities for innovations and to develop models that will foster cross-university and university-industry collaborations. Continue reading →

Smart Start introduces the visitors to basic intellectual property (IP) concepts if they are starting or buying a business. Continue reading →

Laura Bottazzi and Giovanni Peri estimated the effect of research externalities across space, in generating innovation. They used R&D and patent data for 68 European Regions from 1977 to 1995 and found that regional spillovers exist within a distance of 300 Km. Continue reading →

The concept of technology platforms refers to a cooperative approach for the development and implementation of selected technologies. Key objective of TPs is uniting stakeholders around a common vision and approach for the development of the technologies concerned. Continue reading →

The purpose of the Guide is to give Innovators some basic advice on how and when to use the Industrial Property System (patents, trade marks and industrial designs) to optimum effect in the exploitation of their innovations. It covers IPR practice in five countries: UK, France, Iceland, Sweden, and Czech Republic. Continue reading →