Biotechnology has been developing at a dramatic pace. The success story of modern biotechnology industry is closely linked with the evolution of modern patent law and patents are pillars of biotechnology industry. The context for patenting DNA sequences has changed markedly since the 1990s....

Many ERC projects in cell biology address key societal challenges. The projects presented in this brochure are investigating: the role of the cortex in cellular morphogenesis; the role of integrins in the development of cancer cells; the transition from single to multi-cellular organisms at the...

Biotechnology is among today's most innovative technologies and is a significant driver of economic growth within the bioeconomy. We are now able to produce bio-based products in more eco-efficient and sustainable ways. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) working in the biotechnology...

We evaluate the effects of state-provided financial incentives for biotech companies, which are part of a growing trend of placed-based policies designed to spur innovation clusters. We estimate that the adoption of subsidies for biotech employers by a state raises the number of star biotech...

Do transgenic crops cause agrobiodiversity erosion? We hypothesize that they increase productivity and reduce production risk and may therefore reduce farmer demand for on-farm varietal diversity, especially when only a few transgenic varieties are available. We also hypothesize that varietal...

Governments around the world seek for strategies to overcome the reliance on fossil resources and provide solutions for the most challenging contemporary global issues: food shortage, depletion of natural resources, environmental degradation and climate change. A very recent and widely diffused...

The Federal Circuit recently held in the en banc Abbott Laboratories v. Sandoz, Inc. decision that a product claim that includes process elements is infringed only if the accused infringer practices process steps recited in the claim, resolving a long-standing split of authority between its...

In this paper we investigate - on a country level - the relationship between the science intensity of patents and technological productivity, taking into account differences in terms of scientific productivity. The number of non patent references in patents is considered as an approximation of...