All intellectual property articles
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NewsUS science agency moves to crack down on IP theft
NSF says new rules respond to the ‘scope and sophistication’ of threats like overseas talent recruitment programmes
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US agencies address foreign recruitment threats
Amid calls to protect the IP of American research universities and labs, US Department of Energy clamps down on foreign recruitment efforts
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US-China rift over IP theft could hinder research exchange
Espionage concerns at US universities have led to restrictions on visas of Chinese grad students pursing ‘sensitive’ science
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The dark side of chemical patents
Unloved, ignored and misunderstood but could all that change?
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Business
Allergan sidesteps patent review with tribal deal
Native Americans agree to use sovereign immunity to protect intellectual property from double challenge
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Business
Broad Institute backs central Crispr patent licensing platform
Key players submit 22 patents to pool, and urge other holders to create a one-stop shop for licensing deals
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Ex-Harvard postdoc sues university for drug royalties
Former Harvard chemist says he lost out on millions after the technology he worked on was licensed to Merck & Co
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Patent backlogs cost the world millions, IP experts warn
Estimates put a $10bn price tag on every year of delays
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Business
On the innovation horizon
Bringing disruptive technology to market requires enhanced collaboration
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Business
Brexit uncertainty ripples across regulation
What might leaving the EU mean for medicines regulation, the Unified Patent Court, and the UK’s participation in Reach?
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Harvard settles with ex-student over drug royalties
Student claimed university forced him to accept unfair cut in patent deal
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US supreme court rules in favour of Monsanto
An Indiana farmer who was trying to replicate Monsanto-patented seeds infringed on the company’s intellectual property rights, the Supreme Court has determined
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Practical guide to intellectual property
Intellectual property: from creation to commercialisation
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Nanotech patent jungle set to become denser in 2013
Is a thicket of patents strangling a nascent industry?
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US chemical society loses legal battle
Ohio Supreme Court rules that the American Chemical Society owes software firm Leadscope millions for suing with malicious intent
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Europe-wide single patent stalls again
Row over ultimate control of the planned European single patent court brings the process to a juddering halt once more
