licensing, and patent pools; and analyzes the development of Climate Innovation Centres, the Eco-Patent Commons, and …: Innovation 7. Climate Innovation Centres: Patent Law and Public Sector Licensing 8. The Eco-Patent Commons: Patent Pools … effects of climate change. This book charts the patent landscapes and legal conflicts emerging in a range of fields of …

innovation in climate-friendly, or green, technologies. A substantial literature has mapped the relationship between patent law … literature, which may provide a useful framework to analyze patent law in the context of a variety of innovation incentive …', at its early research stages, but that patents may still be important for green 'innovation'—encouraging the …

This chapter considers the role of patent law in respect of geoengineering. Intellectual Ventures has developed a large … technologies. Moreover, this chapter explores the potential for patent thickets in respect of geoengineering. What will be the … what policy options for patent abuse will be useful or effective in this field. There is a larger international debate over …

The world is increasingly facing the adverse impact of climate change. In this context, what is the role of … intellectual property (IP) for stimulating the innovation and technology transfer that are considered essential to resolving this … possibilities afforded by three components of the patent system: patent law, patent policy and patent information. Complementing …

We analyze the use of patent protection as a new policy to direct technical change to clean technology. Contrary to … popular belief, it is dirty (and not clean) innovations that should be excluded from patent protection to reduce emissions. In … the shortrun, removing patent protection on dirty technology increases emissions. However, the reduced markup on dirty …

world population. Genetic engineering is mooted as a technological response to these difficulties. The modification of the …

negotiations. Meaningful and sustainable reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions necessitate further innovation and …, preserve incentives for privately financed innovation, and allow the Parties to address and move past the issue of IP rights in …