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The Role of the Patent System in Stimulating Innovation and Technology Transfer for Climate Change / GE’s ’039 Patent
The Role of the Patent System in Stimulating Innovation and Technology Transfer for Climate Change / GE’s ’039 Patent
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Abstract
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I. Introduction
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A. Connecting IP with Climate Change
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B. Purpose of Research
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II. Defining Green Technology
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A. Green Technology
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1. What is Green Technology?
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2. Facts and Trends in Green Patent Filing
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3. Increasing Investment and Technology Transfer
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III. Background: International Legal Framework for Climate Change
21–32
21–27
A. Green Technology Innovation and Diffusion under International Law
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1. Declaration of the UN Conference on the Human Environment (1972)
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2. Agenda 21 (1992)
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3. Convention on Biological Diversity (1993)
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4. UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (1994)
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a) Responsibility for Vulnerable Countries
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b) Push Factors
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c) Expert Group on Transfer of Technology
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d) Bali Action Plan and Technology Transfer
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e) Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action
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5. UN Convention to Combat Desertification (1996)
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6. Kyoto Protocol (1997)
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B. Compatibility with TRIPS Flexibilities
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1. Technology Transfer Obligation under TRIPS Articles 7, 8(1) and 66(2)
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2. Exceptions to Rights under TRIPS Article 30
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3. Compulsory Licensing under TRIPS and Beyond
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a) For Public Health
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b) For Climate Change?
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IV. Role of the Patent System
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A. Role of Patent Law
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1. TRIPS Article 27(2) and Ordre Public
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2. Business Method Patents: Bilski and Carbon Trading Inventions
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3. Novelty and ‘Green’ Indication of a Known Substance
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4. Non-obviousness: KSR and Green Technology
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5. ‘Greenness’ and Utility Requirements
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B. Role of Patent Policy
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1. Activities by WIPO and Patent Offices
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a) World Intellectual Property Organization
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(1) Patent Cooperation Treaty
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(2) Patent Classification: Catchword Index for Environmentally Sound Technology
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(3) WIPO Development Agenda and Climate Change
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b) Fast-tracking Services
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(1) UK Intellectual Property Office: Green Channel
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(2) USPTO: Green Technology Pilot Program
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(3) Preferential Treatment for Patenting Green Inventions
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(a) Benefits of Early Patenting
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(b) Non-discrimination under TRIPS Article 27(1)
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(c) Alternative: Verifying ‘Greenness’ Independent from Patent Grant
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c) Information Services
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(1) European Patent Office
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(a) Patents and Clean Energy Project
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(b) Classification Scheme for Clean Energy Technologies
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(2) Opportunities Provided by Patent Information
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(3) Licensing Best Practices
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V. Green Technology Transfer and IP
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A. Initiatives by IP Communities
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1. Eco-Patent Commons
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2. Japan Intellectual Property Association Proposal
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3. Open Innovation: GreenXchange
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B. IP Issues in Green Technology Transfer
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1. Effects of Non-assertion Commitments
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2. IP Ownership in R&D Collaboration
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3. Financing Innovation and Patenting Costs
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VI. Balancing IP and Competition
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A. Patent Litigation and Developments in Law and Practices
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1. GE’s ’039 Patent
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2. Patent Law and Practices
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B. Standardization and Patent Pooling
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1. Green Technology Standards and Patent Pools
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2. The Unocal Case: Abuse in Law of Environmental Standards
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3. Green Technology Standards and IP Policies
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VII. Conclusion
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List of Works Cited
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The Role of the Patent System in Stimulating Innovation and Technology Transfer for Climate Change , page 65 - 67
GE’s ’039 Patent
Autoren
Hee-Eun Kim
DOI
doi.org/10.5771/9783845234472-65
ISBN print: 978-3-8329-6522-8
ISBN online: 978-3-8452-3447-2
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