Patent literature and Innovation in Africa
Intellectual Property Watch, October 19, 2009
Intellectual Property Watch is a non-profit independent news service that reports on the interests and behind-the-scenes dynamics that influence the design and implementation of international intellectual property policies.
In a recent article entitled "Spurring Local Innovation In Africa By ...
Richard Jefferson speaks at the Acacia Learning Forum, Dakar Senegal
In an interview made by AfricanCommons.org at the Acacia Learning Forum, in Dakar Senegal on October 7, Richard Jefferson talks about the Initiative for Open Innovation.
Richard explains that in business schools, open innovation is used to describe a way of utlising other peoples' innovations to develop new business products - the "not invented ...
Collaboration key to biological energy production
CIO, October 06, 2009
Researchers to unlock codes for open source green energy
Australian scientist hopes greater patent transparency will lead to a worldwide open source platform for biological energy production.
A group of international scientists headed by Australian Richard Jefferson is establishing the framework for a biofuels ...
A Singular Victory for Open Innovation
Business Standard, August 05, 2009
Author: Latha Jishnu
Latha Jishnu / New Delhi August 05, 2009, 0:36 IST
Some weeks ago, I had excited mail from Professor Richard Jefferson. The American-born molecular biologist, who lives in Australia, was writing from Geneva airport a couple of days before he was scheduled to give a speech at a ...
New initiatives to cure diseases of the poor world, The Economist
The Economist, July 16, 2009
HEALTH-CARE activists have long maintained that the system for granting patents on drugs denies the poor access to essential medicines and discourages pharmaceutical firms from collaborating to develop new ones for neglected diseases. Several initiatives announced this week, some focused on collaboration and ...
The Initiative for Open Innovation (IOI) is officially launched!
IOI July 13 Press Release, July 13, 2009
CEO Richard Jefferson launches the Initiative for Open Innovation in a invited speech at the UN sponsored meeting on Intellectual Property and Public Policy Issues, in Geneva July 13 & 14.
The Initiative for Open Innovation (IOI) is a new global facility dedicated to making the world’s patent ...
Cambia at EPO’s East Meets West Conference 2009
Cambia at EPO's East Meets West Conference 2009, May 01, 2009
Author: Pete Chappell
Doug Ashton, Cambia's head of Patent Informatics, attended the 2009 East Meets West conference, hosted by the European Patent Organisation.
"With over 50% of patent applications worldwide being written in Japanese, Chinese or Korean, understanding ...
Cambia Featured on ABC TV Australia – March 26 2009
ABC Catalyst, March 26, 2009
Cambia founder Richard Jefferson profiled on ABC Catalyst, March 26th, 2009.
Molecular biologist Richard Jefferson realised how complex ownership and access to scientific tools have become. As a result he went on to champion “open sourcing”, a belief that all scientific tools should be available for use by ...
Patent Lens and IOI endorsed by WIPO
Letter of Endorsement, March 25, 2009
Author: Francis Gurry, Director of WIPO
Cambia's Patent Lens and IOI have been endorsed by Francis Gurry, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Read the letter of endorsement here:
Endorsement from Francis Gurry (WIPO)
Professor Richard Jefferson – scientist on a mission
BC Catalyst, March 26, 2009
Cambia founder Richard Jefferson profiled on ABC Catalyst, March 26th, 2009.
Molecular biologist Richard Jefferson realised how complex ownership and access to scientific tools have become. As a result he went on to champion “open sourcing”, a belief that all scientific tools should be available for use by ...