Basic information about patents: what do they cost, where do you need protection, the importance of confidentiality.

US “prodigy” dropped out of Stanford University at 19 to develop a revolutionary procedure for blood tests and analyses

Novelty alone may mean nothing if your idea does not have good commercial potential. Very few people will buy a product simply because it is an invention. They will buy it only if they have a use for it and prefer it to competing products.

Business leaders talk about their real-life cases at the High-growth technology business forums. Together with global expert panels, they discuss their success stories and the challenges that they had to overcome.

Hakan Lans, a 60-year-old Swede with a bushy moustache and a brain full of ideas, can point to a long list of prominent inventions. Besides developing an early computer mouse and computer colour graphics, Lans revolutionised the maritime and aviation industries with his invention of the STDMA data link. A massive upgrade over radar, it introduces new levels of precision - and ultimately greater safety.

This Irish product designer and her team have developed the world's first mouldable glue, which makes it easy to fix everyday items and cut down waste.

Italian food scientists nominated for developing a new method to produce gluten-free food

Tue Johannessen, Ulrich Quaade, Claus Hviid Christensen and Jens Kehlet Nørskov nominated for European Patent Office (EPO) award for their work in developing compact metal salts for ammonia storage

On 1 January 2024, a new policy “Sustainable Procurement at the European Patent Office” entered into force.