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Our application to the Observatory of the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has been accepted! STM will join a network of IP professionals and have the opportunity to participate in and contribute to the working groups on IP in the digital world, enforcement and economics and statistics.

The SAFE Research Act (Securing American Funding and Expertise from Adversarial Research Exploitation Act of 2025) was included in the House of Representatives’ version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed the House last month. This legislation is one of the few pieces of legislation that must pass the US Congress…

New resource offers an industry explainer for the scholarly publishing ecosystem where public understanding remains limited The STM Association today announced the launch of Publishing Decoded, an educational resource designed to explain what scholarly publishing comprises to stakeholders outside the publishing industry. Publishing Decoded showcases the extensive, often invisible infrastructure work that scholarly publishers provide…

STM is pleased to welcome AIP Publishing to the STM Integrity Hub, a collaborative platform developed to help publishers detect potential threats to research integrity—especially those associated with paper mills.  AIP Publishing is a leading not-for-profit scholarly publisher serving the physical sciences community. With a mission to accelerate scientific discovery and ensure the quality and…

Meet the 14 startups and companies selected to present at this year’s STM Innovator Fair – a cornerstone of the upcoming STM Innovation & Integrity Days in London, 9-10 December. Selected from a record-breaking number of submissions this year, these innovators showcase some of the most promising technologies and ideas shaping the future of trusted…

Stakeholders are invited to respond to a questionnaire about key aspects that the ERA Act (planned Q3 2026) should cover. The most relevant section for STM is 3.2. on “Ensuring the free circulation of researchers and scientific knowledge”, which includes questions about barriers to access and re-use of scientific publications and (both legislative and non-legislative) ways to…

Article 50 of the AI Act establishes obligations for transparent labelling of AI-operated systems and AI-generated content. Publishers’ use of AI in the publishing process is very likely to fall under exemptions from such obligations, but translations remain a grey area and good practices are encouraged.

The EU will establish a Resource for AI in Europe (RAISE), a virtual institute/network that coordinates key elements of the strategy: talent, compute/infrastructure, data, and funding. This will be complemented by the Data Union Strategy, expected by October/November, which aims to “ensure the availability of high-quality, large-scale datasets essential for training AI models.” | Access the…

STM will make a submission, drawing also from discussions at our Annual Conference in Frankfurt this week. The deadline for submissions is 3 November. | Read more about this initiative here

The U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public input on Federal statutes and regulations that may impede the responsible development and adoption of artificial intelligence technologies in the US. STM is preparing a submission as part of our ongoing advocacy on AI. Deadline October 27th…