Comments on: UN Climate Talks: Cleantech IP Battle of the Year? http://gigaom.com/cleantech/un-climate-talks-cleantech-ip-battle-of-the-year/ Wed, 30 May 2012 01:34:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Feds Give Green Patents an Express Lane: What It Means for Startups http://gigaom.com/cleantech/un-climate-talks-cleantech-ip-battle-of-the-year/#comment-23178 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:01:15 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=32324#comment-23178 [...] that the VP of the Chamber of Commerce’s intellectual property center has called “the IP battle of the year” — the Obama administration took a step today that could have more immediate implications [...]

]]> By: Cleantech IP: How to Share and Profit http://gigaom.com/cleantech/un-climate-talks-cleantech-ip-battle-of-the-year/#comment-23177 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:36:29 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=32324#comment-23177 [...] technology if they’re not selling it in a particular market — can be seen as either a doomsday scenario for innovation, or a fair way to ensure distribution of beneficial but expensive tech. The highest-profile [...]

]]> By: U.S. & China Team Up On Cleantech Research: Bane or Boon for IP? http://gigaom.com/cleantech/un-climate-talks-cleantech-ip-battle-of-the-year/#comment-23176 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:06:49 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=32324#comment-23176 [...] on the global market, the new research center seems to be far from their worst fears. When we spoke with several entrepreneurs recently about IP protections and climate policy, Scott Faris, CEO of battery startup Planar Energy Devices emphasized “a direct correlation [...]

]]> By: “The Next Climate Deal: How Big is the Battle for Cleantech IP?” at On - Climate http://gigaom.com/cleantech/un-climate-talks-cleantech-ip-battle-of-the-year/#comment-23175 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:59:35 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=32324#comment-23175 [...] climate deal doesn’t weaken rules about who can profit from cleantech innovations. As we’ve noted before, the V-P of the Chamber of Commerce’s intellectual property center called the UN climate [...]

]]> By: “The Next Climate Deal: How Big is the Battle for Cleantech IP?” at on-climate.com http://gigaom.com/cleantech/un-climate-talks-cleantech-ip-battle-of-the-year/#comment-23174 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:07:13 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=32324#comment-23174 [...] climate deal doesn’t weaken rules about who can profit from cleantech innovations. As we’ve noted before, the V-P of the Chamber of Commerce’s intellectual property center called the UN climate [...]

]]> By: The Next Climate Deal: How Big is the Battle for Cleantech IP? http://gigaom.com/cleantech/un-climate-talks-cleantech-ip-battle-of-the-year/#comment-23173 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:41:26 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=32324#comment-23173 [...] climate deal doesn’t weaken rules about who can profit from cleantech innovations. As we’ve noted before, the V-P of the Chamber of Commerce’s intellectual property center called the UN climate [...]

]]> By: Alan Salzman: Bringing Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship to Global Climate Policy http://gigaom.com/cleantech/un-climate-talks-cleantech-ip-battle-of-the-year/#comment-23172 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:01:16 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=32324#comment-23172 [...] While the group at last week’s meeting agreed on six business-friendly steps for a global climate deal, Salzman noted two points of relative disharmony at the summit, both likely to come up again in Copenhagen. One is “the role of the private sector, let alone the entrepreneurial subset of the private sector,” in relation to government. A second hurdle for negotiators will come from the question of how to deploy cleantech innovations in developing economies, an issue that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has said will make the Copenhagen talks the “IP battle of the year.” [...]

]]> By: Scott Garrison http://gigaom.com/cleantech/un-climate-talks-cleantech-ip-battle-of-the-year/#comment-23171 Fri, 22 May 2009 14:12:20 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=32324#comment-23171 Mark Weisbrot at the Monthly Review Foundation wrote an article “Patent Fundamentalists Threaten the Future of the Planet” proposing compulsory licenses that you may find of interest. http://bit.ly/A9w31 I agree with Roger that IP protection does provide incentive to the creation of solutions.

Scott Garrison
http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottbgarrison

]]> By: Green Ink: The Climate Bill, Greatest Thing Ever or Worthless Sell-Out - Environmental Capital - WSJ http://gigaom.com/cleantech/un-climate-talks-cleantech-ip-battle-of-the-year/#comment-23170 Fri, 22 May 2009 12:22:01 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=32324#comment-23170 [...] Other stuff: Andy Revkin on the coming battle over clean technology and intellectual property rights, suddenly a hot-button issue. And not just for the big boys like GE, notes Earth2Tech. [...]

]]> By: Rodger Sadler http://gigaom.com/cleantech/un-climate-talks-cleantech-ip-battle-of-the-year/#comment-23169 Fri, 22 May 2009 11:32:55 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=32324#comment-23169 I am a patent attorney, and believe strongly that a strong system for protecting IP rights is essential to driving the innovation needed if the U.S. is going to lead the world in developing, implementing, and exporting 21st century clean energy technologies.

I also am a huge supporter of the Obama Administration’s efforts to lead us into a new clean energy economy. Not sure if the U.S. Chamber of Commerce totally shares my enthusiasm, given its opposition to the Waxman-Markey Energy Bill.

Some of you might be interested in this article of mine, which Bloomberg published recently – “Protecting and Profiting from Intellectual Property in President Obama’s Clean Energy Economy” (available online at: http://www.orrick.com/fileupload/1813.pdf).

Keep up the great reporting.

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