The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has just released the 2022 edition of the World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) report that analyses IP activities around the world. The overall trend is decidedly positive: Patent applications grew by 3.6% last year, ...
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ITGALL is the Living Lab network managed by the Galician Health Cluster (Cluster Saúde de Galicia, CSG) that includes several living labs, which are spread all over the region of Galicia, Spain. The network was established as a result of ...
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IN4AHA is seeking your collaboration for one of the final activities of the IN-4-AHA (Innovation Networks for Active and Healthy Ageing) project. IN-4-AHA is an European investigation project for the creation of Innovation Networks to improve the scalability of solutions ...
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A new policy brief sheds a light on ageism as a barrier to the adoption and use of digital technology in later life and suggests recommendations to address it. EuroAgeism is a unique collaboration of doctoral researchers in the field ...
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Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for strengthening the impact of research and innovation, tackling key topics such as climate change, UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and overall, supporting EU’s competitiveness and growth. On 28 October, the executive directors ...
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Two brand-new fact sheets have just been published by the European IP Helpdesk team. Fact sheet one on "Inventorship, Authorship and Ownership" aims to clarify the differences between these three concepts while shedding some light on the way they should ...
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European Innovation Council (EIC) has recently published the first episode of the new podcast series “The game changers: From radical idea to innovative business” that aims to unveil the inner workings of the EIC and how they support European small ...
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The last report Ageing in a digital world - from vulnerable to valuable published by ITU raises awareness in the ICT sector on the importance of being prepared to respond to the needs and requirements of ageing populations. This report ...
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On September 28th Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Mariya Gabriel officially launched the 2025-2027 strategic planning process for Horizon Europe during the conclusion of Day 1 of the European Research and Innovation Days. Horizon Europe’s Strategic Planning ...
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The Healthy Ageing Collaborative (HAC) is a new WHO network tool aimed at advancing implementation of the United Nations (UN) Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030).  The HAC provides a new opportunity for State and non-State actors to work together, leveraging ...
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The European Commission has presented a European Care Strategy to increase access to high-quality and affordable care services in member states, while improving working conditions and work-life balance for carers. Published on 7 September, the strategy is accompanied by two ...
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The WHO has published the latest updated data regarding the relationship between aging and health. Evidence suggests that the proportion of life in good health has remained broadly constant, implying that the additional years are in poor health. If people ...
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The European Commission (EC) has recently presented the newly designed European Innovation Agenda that aims to position Europe as a global leader on the new wave of deep tech innovation. The new agenda is expected to accelerate the development of ...
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From 16 to 17 June 2022, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) organized, in cooperation with the Italian Government, a Ministerial Conference on Ageing to complete the 4th review and appraisal cycle (2018-2022) of the Madrid International Plan ...
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The 'NeuRehab Summer School' initiative brings together thirty of Europe's best researchers and students working in the fields of rehabilitation technology, active ageing, and neuromechanics at the Savona University Campus. The project, led by the University of Stuttgart in collaboration ...
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The European Innovation Partnership (an EIP) is a partnership aimed at helping to strengthen the EU research and innovation. A partnership brings together all the relevant actors at EU, national and regional levels across different policy areas to handle a ...
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From the WHO Headquarters, this report highlights how the European Region is ageing rapidly: its median age is already the highest in the world, and the proportion of people aged 65 and older is forecast to increase from 14% in ...
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The AAL2 Business Programme is glad to announce the seventh round of the AAL Lean Startup Academy, which will take place onsite on 15th September, at 9 AM, in Brussels. The Lean Startup Academy provides AAL projects with a valuable opportunity to ...
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This webinar addresses different ways to define professional and systematic IP management in Horizon (2020/HEU) projects, from finding the right management framework for one’s activity to the question of how to develop a credible strategy focused on the management and ...
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As societies progressively age and older people pursue active socio-economic engagement, digital tools can offer valuable solutions to avoid financial problems due to memory loss or other lapses. An interesting article by ITU (International Communication Union). For more info, click ...
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A workshop dedicated to how digital solutions are expanding access to care, improving care delivery and empowering individuals. You can find more info here ...
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In this IPR Helpdesk webinar it will discuss specific issues that EC funded projects should address whether using or developing ICT; in particular concerning knowledge management and protection, exploitation, and maximising impacts. This webinar is relevant for all those involved ...
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This webinar aims at providing a general overview of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and intellectual property. Organized by IPR Helpdesk, this webinar is focused to reply to interesting questions: does AI innovation and creation need IP incentives? How should ...
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This webinar, organized by EU IP Helpdesk, will look at some specific issues concerning the protection and exploitation of software, such as the most appropriate IP Rights to use, and different exploitation models for design tools, product and services. In ...
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An interesting article in which Euromonitor defines the trends motivating consumer behavior and challenging business strategies in the year ahead. More info available here ...
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The AAL2 Business Programme is glad to announce the fifth round of the AAL Lean Startup Academy, which will start online with the first workshop on 23rd and 24th March 2022. The Lean Startup Academy provides AAL projects with a valuable opportunity to validate ...
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In this video, Dr. Søren Brostrøm, Director-General of the Danish Health Authority, speaks with Christina, a social worker in the Copenhagen area. Christina walks us through her daily work and shares how the pandemic has challenged her in her job ...
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Rapidly developing online technologies that allow users to dive even deeper into virtual reality do not need to contribute to sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy habits. Therefore, WHO/Europe is exploring opportunities within new digital media and entertainment formats to promote healthier ...
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An interesting study about seniors and the use of technology. Seniors are more connected to the Internet than ever before. How has this changed since the Covid-19 pandemic? Peter Rinderud, Senior Researcher of Statistics at Ericsson, reveals the results of ...
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In a movement accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the resultant shift to digital ways of working and doing business, “technology has become the primary force of disruption and value creation in nearly every industry around the world.” More info ...
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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up a large share of global economies. They are a critical source of innovation across all sectors and markets, especially climate neutrality and digital leadership - two areas which stand in the focus of ...
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It’s not easy to entrust the care of an elderly or sick relative to someone else. Going through the process of finding a vetted caregiver to look after your family can be frustrating, administratively difficult and time-consuming, as you browse ...
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A key pillar of the EU’s digital strategy is to develop a “trustworthy” approach to AI, distinct from the more freewheeling approach taken by the U.S. and the state-centric strategy pursued by China. At the same time, the EU is ...
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Currently looking for investments or commercial partners? Don’t miss the opportunity to learn how to engage with selected stakeholders. The AAL2Business Programme is glad to announce the fourth round of the Go-to-Market Launchpad, which will start online on 14th October 2021 ...
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This webinar will discuss specific issues that EC funded projects should address whether using or developing ICT, in particular concerning knowledge management and protection, exploitation, and maximising impacts. This webinar is relevant for all those involved with using, developing and/or ...
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Slovenia has taken delivery of the EU’s first supercomputer to be funded through the European High Performance Computing joint undertaking (EuroHPC). The Vega supercomputer, to be housed at the Maribor Institute of Information Science, is the first petascale system procured jointly ...
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The year is off to a challenging start with brands and ad agencies in many markets still trying to figure out which channels to spend their budgets on. But as we all know, most startups do not have the luxury ...
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Preliminary WIPO statistics reveal that only 16.5% of inventors named in international patent applications in 2020 were women. Over the past decade, this share has increased by 3.8 percentage points. While numbers are going in the right direction, progress is ...
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The European Innovation Council (EIC) is a key novelty of Horizon Europe and represents the most ambitious innovation initiative that Europe has taken, with a budget of €10 billion for the period 2021-2027. The EIC has a mission to identify, ...
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What learnings will you share? Join the EU-Startups Summit online as a workshop speaker. On April 28-30, 2021, the annual EU-Startup summit will be online, bringing together over 1.500 startup enthusiasts, founders corporates, angel investors, VCs, and media from across Europe. This ...
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The Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation has just announced the third edition of the European Research and Innovation Days to be held virtually on 23 and 24 June 2021. This edition will mark the official launch of Horizon Europe, the new EU ...
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A collection of 10 most-read interviews during 2020 this shows the ingenuity, innovative nature and forward-looking attitudes of European entrepreneurs. It’s no surprising that this list covers themes that are strongly related to the big trends of 2020, including: remote ...
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The Social Innovation Tournament recognises and supports the best European social entrepreneurs. It promotes innovative ideas and rewards initiatives that contribute to creating social, ethical or environmental impact. It covers projects in the areas of education, healthcare, the environment, circular ...
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As the global population steadily increases and health advancements lead to improved life expectancy, healthcare systems across the world are facing increasing pressure to keep up with the demand. An interesting article about leadership in healthcare, a reflection on a rapidly ...
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Are the big tech companies really disrupting healthcare? An interesting article to check out this statement.  An analysis of Google, Amazon and Apple’s activities in the medical and pharmaceutical sectors. Read the full article here ...
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The digital business service WIPO PROOF is a new service that complements WIPO’s existing intellectual property systems. WIPO PROOF provides a date-and time-stamped digital fingerprint of any file, proving its existence at a specific point in time. It is specifically ...
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On Thursday 21 January 2021 European Helpdesk has organized an interesting webinar dedicated to intellectual property. An opportunity for participants to learn more about IP and its insights. For more information: http://www.iprhelpdesk.eu/event/webinar-introduction-ip-2 ...
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How will digital technologies change hospitals? Will Apple Watch be able to predict COVID-19? What does the startup market look like in 2020? In this article the most interesting topics of recent months have been presented . The full article ...
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The European Commission has just published the new Action Plan on Intellectual Property in order to support companies, especially small and medium-sized companies (SMEs), to make the most of their inventions and creations and ensure they can benefit our economy ...
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The next 2 December 2020 the IPR Helpdesk organizes an interesting Webinar on how  to proceed with Freedom to Operate analysis. You will be able to answer the following questions: What is FTO, what are the different FTO types, what ...
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The Council of the European Union has adopted a set of conclusions on key elements of a future EU intellectual property policy. These conclusions should be seen as the Council's input to ongoing work within the Commission on an EU ...
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The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has launched a new database called WIPO Lex-Judgments to provide free-of-charge access to leading judicial decisions related to intellectual property (IP) law from around the world. At launch, the database consists of over 400 ...
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The AAL2 Business Programme is glad to announce the third round of the AAL Lean Startup Academy, which will take place online on 29th and 30th September 2020. The Lean Startup Academy provides AAL projects with a valuable opportunity to validate their business ...
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ALL2Business support action provides various services targeted to different phases of AAL projects’ life-cycle. We met JAME project to learn about their future business and their experience as beneficiary of ALL2Business support. The JAME project has the ambition to create ...
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An interesting European Commission study analyzes the IP implications of the development of industrial 3D printing clarifying how the existing IP framework brings protection to IP rights holders. The study focuses on seven industrial applications: health, aerospace, automotive, consumer goods/electronics, ...
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An interesting online guide, launched by 4iP Council, provides yet another interactive web guide created to help innovative European businesses, especially SMEs, to understand the strategic value of intellectual property. As for the previous guides on patents, copyright and trademarks, the European IP Helpdesk ...
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The European Commission has announced new developments regarding the Implementation Strategy of its upcoming R&I framework programme Horizon Europe. The goal is to provides the framework for carefully designed rules and efficient processes across the entire programme and project life ...
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The European Helpdesk inform that European Commission has just launched a survey on the effectiveness of public innovation support for SMEs in Europe. It is addressed to enterprises (especially SMEs) and providers of innovation support to SMEs (including institutional stakeholders, ...
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Intellectual property is an asset for SMEs and often mistakes are committed while communicating with them. An interesting webinar provided by European IP helpdesk, on Wednesday 15.04.2020 raise awareness regarding IP in SMEs day-to-day activities and IP rights. The webinar ...
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Due to the disruptions caused by the Corona virus, Horizon 2020 call deadlines for several innovation procurement calls have been extended. The deadlines of the calls in the health domain have been extended further. Please always check the deadlines published ...
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A new report released yesterday by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimates the total value of counterfeit pharmaceuticals traded worldwide to be up to EUR 4.03 billion. Details and Report available here ...
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Many of the solutions developed within the eHealth sector are based on a large amount of research and R&D activities. For these solutions to be successfully brought to market, external funding is most often needed to finance the development of ...
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Today it is important to know “the words of innovation”. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published the latest standard in its innovation management series. ISO 56000 ("Innovation management – Fundamentals and vocabulary"), is the fourth of an eight-part ...
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The AAL2 Business Programme is glad to announce the second AAL Lean Startup Academy, which will take place in Brussels on 16th April 2020 at AAL premises, in Rue du Luxembourg 3. The Lean Startup Academy provides AAL projects with a valuable opportunity ...
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How can SMEs use intellectual property to their advantage? And how can they adapt their business models and develop the IP management capabilities they need? The European Patent Office has produced a series of case studies on European small and ...
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The promises of data-driven healthcare abound. New technologies that run the gamut from artificial intelligence to health apps on your smartphone can lead to greater efficiencies in health care systems, allow those with chronic diseases to manage their illnesses, and ...
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The mechanisms contributing to normal aging are the same as those contributing to the development of neurological diseases. Despite a wealth of data on how nutrients and diets may preserve brain health, the potential of these natural compounds still remains ...
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eCare is a European project that aims to deliver disruptive digital solutions for the prevention and comprehensive management of frailty. Under the motto “Good habits for a good life”, the project’s goal is to encourage independent living, wellbeing and to relieve ...
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The second appointment of the AAL2business Lean Startup Academy took place on 21 November 2019. During this workshop AAL project participants had the chance to verify with coaches their business model developed through Lean Canvas, Javelin Board and Value Proposition ...
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Currently looking for investments or commercial partners? Don’t miss the opportunity to learn how to engage with selected stakeholders. The Go-to-Market Workshop, the introductory event of the Go-to-Market Launchpad, will start on 27th February 2020 in the framework of AAL2Buiness ...
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To answer this question Science Business has organized an event, in Norway at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), where technology experts, researchers, teachers and studentshave discussed the dark side of data-driven healthcare. A food for thought. https://sciencebusiness.net/healthy-measures/news/can-data-driven-medicine-make-us-healthier ...
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Looking for solutions that empower older adults to engage in entrepreneurship The future of work is changing. With advances in technology and increasing trends towards entrepreneurship, this brings with it exciting new opportunities for older adults to contribute with their ...
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IPR and the unfair advantage – Protect your idea and find a route to commercialization Are you involved in R&D sector and want to find a route for exploitation and commercialization of your research? You should focus on defining the ...
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An interesting study, dedicated to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), conducted by the European Patent Office (EPO) shows that SMEs rely on European patents to protect their high-potential inventions and that two thirds of these inventions are commercially exploited. Through ...
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Market Guidance is a special service, in the framework of the AAL2Business support action, dedicated to AAL funded projects to continuously inform participants on the commercialization, market uptake and investment possibilities available at National and European level and to match ...
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The Lean Canvas – How to make a business plan a reality How does a company transform a great idea into a commercial opportunity? The key is to validate its business model by testing the assumption against the market. The ...
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Are you interested in technology transfer? This webinar will make you familiar with key questions and aspects related to technology transfer: why is it important? What actors or institutions are providing assistance in technology transfer? How does technology licensing work ...
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The eCare buyers group from IT, ES and PL is preparing a pre-commercial procurement to deliver disruptive digital solutions for the prevention and comprehensive management of frailty of old adults in order is to encourage independent living, wellbeing and to ...
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Are you interested in procuring and deploying innovative solutions in the health care sector? Through the workshop on Innovation Procurement, you will have the chance to discover how designing, procuring and deploying innovative solutions is an important component of every ...
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