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Public research and the public good: squaring the circle
Antony Taubmann |
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| Public resources are not invested in research to privilege individual enterprises but to generate tangible benefits for the general public. Public research often targets areas of greatest public need, like health and agriculture. There are high expectations that public research should serve the public. But how should the public stock of new technological knowledge be managed to meet these expectations and deliver the goods?... |
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What does the Commission do with the Technological Implementation Plan (TIP)?
Hélène Barry and Stefaan Vandendriessche |
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| The TIP is one of the final reports of every RTD or CRAFT project in FP5 and gathers all information related to exploitable results and the project partners' intentions about using and disseminating the knowledge generated in the project. It is requested in electronic form (eTIP) based on version 3.3 of the TIP which has the following structure:... |
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Intellectual capital: do you want to improve the real value of your business?
Stefano Merico |
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| Today's changing business environment brings new management systems which firms must comply with if they want to survive in the global market. The increasing importance of the so-called knowledge economy had modified enterprise value creation which is now based on intangible assets rather than tangible resources... |
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Trademark registration for smells
Alison Firth |
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| Trademarks, such as 'Coca-cola' for beverages, 'Intel' for computer products or 'Orange' for mobile telephony are used by commercial entities and consumers for many purposes - indicating source, indicating quality, as a vehicle for advertising. Consumers may 'buy into' the lifestyle suggested by a luxury mark. However, the central trademark function... |
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 | IP & RTD in practice
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| Patent of the month |
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| Crude Oil-Eating Bacteria. In 1972, General Electric applied for a patent with the US Patents and Trademarks Office to protect an invention consisting of genetically modified "Pseudomonas" bacteria, capable of breaking down the components of crude oil. In other words, the bacteria "devoured" oil, producing non-harmful substances in the process. Its... |
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esp@cenet Quiz
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| The esp@cenet quiz is an exercise proposed to our readers. Its aim is to show that patent searching can be an exciting quest, yielding relevant results in almost all technical fields... |
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Last updates of the IPR-Helpdesk Web site
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| The IPR-Helpdesk team is very pleased to inform you that since the last issue of the IPR-Bulletin, new documents have been posted on our Web site... |
