The EU economy is facing major challenges, such as fast
technological change, increasing globalisation, and increasingly competitive
capital markets. ...
This article is the first in a series of four articles that
constitute an introduction to the thematic practice of valuation. During the
course of this series, we will first explain the valuation principles and
identify different occasions in which the valuation of protection rights
becomes necessary. In addition, we will present different...
Nowadays, the Plant Variety Right protection remains the great
unknown among the different kinds of protection under Intellectual Property
Law. Traditionally, Patent Law was used to grant protection to new creations
obtained through plant breeding techniques...
The European Regions Research & Innovation Network (ERRIN) is a
Brussels-based network designed to support regions to participate fully and
effectively in the European Research Area. ...
The volume of patent data increases daily and is put to a variety of
different uses. While scientists and research engineers use patent data for the
technological information it provides, and business managers use it for the
commercial and competitive intelligence it contains, policy-makers need
meaningful and reliable statistics from...
Euroscreen – A private company established in Brussels
(Belgium) that is making progress in the fight against HIV, research,
successful business management and intellectual property strategy. The company
was established as a spin-off from the University of Brussels by three
professors: Jacques Dumont, Marc Parmentier and Gilbert Vassart...
In most patent systems before a patent is granted it is published as
a patent application 18 months after the date of filing. At this moment, the
patent is still being processed by the patent office and it is possible in some
patent systems to spontaneously bring prior art to the attention of the patent
office for consideration when...
