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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,....

Posted in: Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems

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....

Posted in: Policy Discussions and International Organizations

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....

Posted in: Innovation and the Sustainable Development Goals

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....

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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....

Posted in: Innovation and the Sustainable Development Goals

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