Climate Change and Intellectual Property

European Journal of Risk Regulation, p. 72, March 2010

5 Pages Posted: 5 Oct 2010 Last revised: 25 Oct 2014

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Enrico Bonadio

City University London - The City Law School

Date Written: October 5, 2010

Abstract

The article first highlights the poor results obtained by the 2009 Copenhagen Conference with reference to Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs), particularly climate technologies.

It stresses that in the Copenhagen Accord there is no specific reference to intellectual property rights (IPRs) as a necessary tool to stimulate the transfer of climate technologies, especially to developing countries.

The author argues that in certain cases IPRs are capable of obstructing the dissemination across countries of ESTs. This seems to be confirmed (i) by how IPRs legislations are devised in industrialized countries (e.g. the Bayh-Dole Act in the US) and (ii) by a sharp increasing of international patent litigation in this field.

Some possible solutions to the above problem and recommendations are finally provided.

Keywords: intellectual property rights, patents, climate technologies, technology transfer

Suggested Citation

Bonadio, Enrico, Climate Change and Intellectual Property (October 5, 2010). European Journal of Risk Regulation, p. 72, March 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1686962

Enrico Bonadio (Contact Author)

City University London - The City Law School ( email )

London, EC1V OHB
United Kingdom

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