Intellectual Property and Clean Energy
Title | Intellectual Property and Clean Energy PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Rimmer |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 686 |
Release | 2018-10-26 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9811321558 |
This collection considers the future of climate innovation after the Paris Agreement. It analyses the debate over intellectual property and climate change in a range of forums – including the climate talks, the World Trade Organization, and the World Intellectual Property Organization, as well as multilateral institutions dealing with food, health, and biodiversity. The book investigates the critical role patent law plays in providing incentives for renewable energy and access to critical inventions for the greater public good, as well as plant breeders’ rights and their impact upon food security and climate change. Also considered is how access to genetic resources raises questions about biodiversity and climate change. This collection also explores the significant impact of trademark law in terms of green trademarks, eco labels, and greenwashing. The key role played by copyright law in respect of access to environmental information is also considered. The book also looks at deadlocks in the debate over intellectual property and climate change, and provides theoretical, policy, and practical solutions to overcome such impasses.
Intellectual Property and Climate Change
Title | Intellectual Property and Climate Change PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Rimmer |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | 513 |
Release | 2011-11-01 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 0857935887 |
'An historically grounded study on a cutting-edge topic, Intellectual Property and Climate Change has it all. Not only is it well-written, concise, and hugely informative, it is also a timely intervention addressing truly global challenges. Quite simply, a must-read.' Eva Hemmungs Wirtén, Uppsala University, Sweden 'Rimmer provides a much needed, well written, authoritative book on the intellectual property aspects of climate change, natural disasters, clean vehicles, and renewable energy. The book is essential reading for those wishing to better understand the complex patent issues involved with transitioning away from our current fossil-dominated economy to a more environmentally sustainable and equitable energy future.' Benjamin K. Sovacool, National University of Singapore In the wake of the international summits in Copenhagen and Cancún, there is an urgent need to consider the role of intellectual property law in encouraging research, development, and diffusion of clean technologies to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. This book charts the patent landscapes and legal conflicts emerging in a range of fields of innovation including renewable forms of energy, such as solar power, wind power, and geothermal energy; as well as biofuels, green chemistry, green vehicles, energy efficiency, and smart grids. As well as reviewing key international treaties, this book provides a detailed analysis of current trends in patent policy and administration in key nation states, and offers clear recommendations for law reform. It considers such options as technology transfer, compulsory licensing, public sector licensing, and patent pools; and analyses the development of Climate Innovation Centres, the Eco-Patent Commons, and environmental prizes, such as the L-Prize, the H-Prize, and the X-Prizes. This book will have particular appeal to policy-makers given its focus upon recent legislative developments and reform proposals, as well as legal practitioners by developing a better understanding of recent legal, scientific, and business developments, and how they affect their practice. Innovators, scientists and researchers will also benefit from reading this book.
The Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Effect on Clean Energy Technology Transfer
Title | The Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Effect on Clean Energy Technology Transfer PDF eBook |
Author | Seda Gayretli |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 490 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
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This research focuses on the intersection between international intellectual property law, climate change and energy policies. The aim of this work is to balance intellectual property rights with environmental rights. TRIPS, UNFCCC and WIPO's 2007 Development Agenda comprise the international rules regarding intellectual property and climate change. This work discusses all of these mechanisms but concentrates on TRIPS. This thesis investigates corresponding TRIPS terms and whether the Agreement facilitates or impedes clean energy technology transfer into the developing countries. Additionally, it suggests alternative solutions in removing the barriers to technology transfer.
Innovation and Diffusion of Green Technologies: The Role of Intellectual Property and Other Enabling Factors
Title | Innovation and Diffusion of Green Technologies: The Role of Intellectual Property and Other Enabling Factors PDF eBook |
Author | World Intellectual Property Organization |
Publisher | WIPO |
Total Pages | 44 |
Release | 2015-06-10 |
Genre | Law |
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An overview of issues relevant to debates about solutions to global challenges, such as climate change, public health and food security.
Measuring innovation in energy technologies: green patents as captured by WIPO's IPC green inventory
Title | Measuring innovation in energy technologies: green patents as captured by WIPO's IPC green inventory PDF eBook |
Author | World Intellectual Property Organization |
Publisher | WIPO |
Total Pages | 28 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Law |
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We analyze inventions in green energy technologies over the period 2005-2017. We use a novel dataset, making use of the IPC Green Inventory of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to analyze four broad categories of green energy technologies including alternative energy production technologies, energy conservation technologies, and green transportation. We use these data to look at how patent families and PCT international patent applications have evolved in this field in recent years. We find that energy innovation-related patenting has first expanded exponentially up until 2013, both in terms of the total number of patent families and PCT international patent applications in green energy technologies. Yet this period of accelerated growth in the number of published green energy patents has been followed by a period of deceleration—even a slow decline. Although most green energy technologies have seen a downward trend in the annual number of patents published since 2012, the decline has been most pronounced in nuclear power generation technologies and alternative energy production technologies. The latter notably include renewable energy technologies, such as solar and wind energy, and fuel cells. In contrast, patents in energy conservation technologies and green transportation technologies have continued to grow, but at a slower pace.
Renewable Energy Technology: Evolution and Policy Implications - Evidence from Patent Literature
Title | Renewable Energy Technology: Evolution and Policy Implications - Evidence from Patent Literature PDF eBook |
Author | World Intellectual Property Organization |
Publisher | WIPO |
Total Pages | 44 |
Release | 2016-04-01 |
Genre | Law |
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An overview of issues relevant to debates about solutions to global challenges, such as climate change, public health and food security.
Intellectual property and access to clean energy technologies in developing countries : an analysis of solar photovoltaic, biofuel and wind technologies
Title | Intellectual property and access to clean energy technologies in developing countries : an analysis of solar photovoltaic, biofuel and wind technologies PDF eBook |
Author | John H. Barton |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 35 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Energy policy |
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