The oil industry is responsible for production of many products in common use, such as plastic and fuel, which are used in various activities in modern society. However, the exploitation of these hydrocarbons has been considered aggressive to the environment and their reservoirs are not...

Myriad Genetics is one of the leading biotechnology firms with a specialization in genetic testing, cancer research and precision medicine. Myriad has filed its first patent application in 1995 and now developed a patent portfolio of more than a thousand patent applications. It is almost 10...

China ist aus eigener Forschungskraft („Make“) auf dem Weg in die Weltspitze der technologischen Innovatoren und bereits heute einer der wichtigsten Konkurrenten für Deutschland. In einzelnen Technologiebereichen (z.B. Kfz) besteht sogar die akute Gefahr eines Leapfroggings. Daneben erwirbt...

The link between entrepreneur's network centrality and innovation performance has been broadly studied in knowledge-intensive industries such as biotechnology. However, little research has been focused on the social mechanisms that allow innovators to reach such a central position. We contribute...

To ensure development sustainability, the linear economic approach is being transformed into a cyclical model. For the pulp and paper industry (PPI), which occupies a significant place in the Russian economy, the shift of circular principles to the field of bioeconomics is becoming more...

Apart from the basic statutory definition in section 65 of the Intellectual Property Act of Sri Lanka, there do not appear to be any detailed statutory guidelines or judicial decisions to provide any framework for the assessment of inventive step in Sri Lanka. The current statutory definition is...

Climate change has induced an ecological crisis necessitating reconsideration of how the law should manage human interactions with ecological systems. In most Western legal regimes, conservation policy has principally sought to advance historical or natural preservation or sustained yield...