Survey of Eco / Green Intellectual Property
By Stuart Soffer • July 10, 2008 at 11:07 am
With increased interest in global warming, green building and ecologically friendly behaviors, I initially observed that there was fairly little chatter concerning intellectual property aspects. This prompted me to examine the extent that IP issues that consume us in other technologies, like the Internet or e-commerce are also affecting progress in the ‘green’ world. Unlike the debate over ‘software patents’, I wasn’t hearing the similar criticisms that IP protection in green technology was inhibiting innovation. Read more » about Survey of Eco / Green Intellectual Property