Collect knowledge about member states economy, especially regarding the Software sector and innovation, also related to SME

• European Innovatoin Scoreboard - a table of statistics on ecomomy, includes patents

• (Preface) Innovation and Patent Protection in Pre-Accession Countries - Says that adding IPR in accession countries resulted in a drop of national research because foreign players entered the market with their patents.

Ireland

• Former IBM Ireland Chief shares his toughts on patents vs. innovation

Sweden

• Sweden has a small population, but hight percentage of research

SME EU general

• Cordis - FP5 Innovation/SMEs - Library

Commssion

*Patent Pending ? - Text from Antony Howard, one of the drafters of the CEC proposal