innovation in climate-friendly, or green, technologies. A substantial literature has mapped the relationship between patent law … standpoint. This is problematic as a matter of present knowledge, but it also risks neglecting a key component of the patent … literature, which may provide a useful framework to analyze patent law in the context of a variety of innovation incentive …

effects of climate change. This book charts the patent landscapes and legal conflicts emerging in a range of fields of … book provides a detailed analysis of current trends in patent policy and administration in key nation states, and offers … licensing, and patent pools; and analyzes the development of Climate Innovation Centres, the Eco-Patent Commons, and …

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 …

This chapter considers the role of patent law in respect of geoengineering. Intellectual Ventures has developed a large … over intellectual property and emerging technologies - such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, synthetic biology, and clean … technologies. Moreover, this chapter explores the potential for patent thickets in respect of geoengineering. What will be the …

The world is increasingly facing the adverse impact of climate change. In this context, what is the role of … possibilities afforded by three components of the patent system: patent law, patent policy and patent information. Complementing …, for example, compulsory licensing for climate change, patent offices’ preferential treatment policy for ‘green’ technology …

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