Footing the bill of the Cypriot bailout

EU leaders agreed yesterday to introduce a single European patent, ending decades of dispute with a deal that will cut costs for inventors and industry.

To get an idea of the economic mountain eurozone strugglers Greece and Portugal have to climb, consider this: per million inhabitants, they each filed fewer than eight applications with the European Patent Office in 2010.

IRISH food interest groups have voiced their opposition to the European Patent Office’s (EPO) decision to grant food corporation Monsanto a patent on melon seeds which it has genetically modified.

THE Government has called for the introduction of a single EU-wide patenting system, which it claims could save Irish firms around €6 million per year.

THE number of PhDs being awarded to students of science, maths and technology was above the EU average in 2006, according to the CSO’s measuring progress report.

BRITISH stocks dropped for a second day yesterday, let by BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto Group as copper prices fell.

Drug firm AstraZeneca saw almost €3bn wiped off its value today after it lost a key patent on best-selling heartburn treatment Nexium.

FTSE investors suffered a bleak session today as heavyweight mining stocks and drug maker AstraZeneca dragged the London market into the red.

A COMPANY that specialises in anti-counterfeiting technology has claimed Europe’s common currency infringes on a patent obtained from a New York inventor’s family.

A company that specialises in anti-counterfeiting technology claims Europe’s common currency infringes on a patent obtained from a New York inventor’s family.

The Singapore government and the European Patent Office have agreed to increase cooperation on the protection of intellectual property.