Recent Developments

Solar Entrepreneurship Masterclass 12 May, 12pm GMT

On Wednesday, 12 May at 12pm GMT, Tony Tiyou, founder and CEO of Renewables in Africa, a clean energy engineering company and a media platform....

Posted in: Innovation and the Sustainable Development Goals

Techinvention’s scFv libraries help fight COVID-19

Innovation Council member Techinvention, has successfully generated two scFv libraries using phage display technologies from the convalescent....

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The Ella Project: Creating Female Role Models

The Ella Project was designed to create female role models and heroines with whom girls can identify.  Importantly, all of these role....

Posted in: Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems

Beyond the Contract: Building a Trade Secret Protection Culture

As Craig Moss, Executive Vice President of Ethisphere, explains in his article, the increasing prevalence of sensitive digital information....

Posted in: Enabling Innovation Policies

Launch of New “Horizon IP Scan” Support Service for SMEs

The European Commission recently launched a service called the “Horizon Intellectual Property Scan.”  This tailored, first-line,....

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Healthcare Innovation Main Driver of European Patent Applications in 2020

The latest statistics published by the European Patent Office (EPO) show that innovation in healthcare was the main driver of patenting....

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The Role of Business Schools in Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals: Beyond Quality Education

In this article, Sherif Kamel describes how business schools can help advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), both through advocacy....

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Save our SMEs

Save our SMEs was started in order to respond to the severe economic impacts that Micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and their....

Posted in: Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems

This robot doesn’t need any electronics

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have created a four-legged soft robot that doesn’t need any electronics to work. The....

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How to Safeguard AI Technology: Patents versus Trade Secrets

The article above describes a common difficulty of intellectual property (IP) claims for artificial intelligence (AI): patent claims for AI....

Posted in: Enabling Innovation Policies

Launch of European Innovation Council

The European Commission has launched the European Innovation Council (EIC), with a budget of over €10 billion (in current prices) for....

Posted in: Policy Discussions and International Organizations

International Women’s Day: Actions to help women entrepreneurs

This infographic from the Innovation Council highlights five strategies to address the gender gap in IP and encourage innovation. Among....

Posted in: Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems