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 …

climate change technologies. The article then describes six proposals for maximizing the innovation potential of the patent … innovation system more closely on private funding and markets, and thus on the acquisition of patents at the front end of the … coming innovation pipeline. The choice to rely on private markets and patents is highly debatable. But it is certain to …

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 …

most innovation and technology diffusion at the lowest cost. This Article seeks to support better analyses of, and decision … making regarding, the choices of government innovation-funding mechanisms by discussing the limits of current analyses and … government innovation-funding inputs and outputs; (2) better documentation of and self-conscious decision making regarding …

positions and reviews available empirical evidence. The relationships among IPRs, innovation, ITT and local adaptation are … patent protection, become more prominent. At present, however, there is little evidence to support significant limitations on … beneficial differentiation in patent rights, which is the primary subject of the report. Among these elements include ex ante …

in innovation, including for the production of mitigation and adaptation technologies. Yet while global climate change …