Intellectual Property and Climate Change

Abbe E. L. Brown

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198758457.013.34

Intellectual Property and Climate Change

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the current and potential impact of intellectual property (IP) on efforts to manage and reduce climate change through technological development. To that end it considers international IP and environment treaties (notably the TRIPS Agreement, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changes and its Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement, and the Aarhus Convention) and the extent to which their objectives can and do intersect or conflict. Particular reference is made to discussions at the TRIPS Council and to the activities of WIPO Green. It explores possible ways to increase the role of IP in addressing climate change issues, including limiting the availability of patents, fast-tracking certain patent applications, and promoting IP exploitation models based on sharing rather than control. Finally, it explores the benefits to be gained in developing the relationship between IP and climate change by looking more widely, to human rights and competition laws.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Oxford Handbook of Intellectual Property Law
Subtitle of host publication	V. The Political Economy of Intellectual Property
Editors	Rochelle Dreyfuss, Justine Pila
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	958-990
Number of pages	33
ISBN (Electronic)	9780198758457
ISBN (Print)	978-0-19-875845-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198758457.013.34
Publication status	Published - May 2017

Keywords

Intellectual property
patents
copyright
trademarks
designs
trade secrets
climate change
environment
competition
human rights

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Abbe Brown

School of Law, Law - Professor in Intellectual Property
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Brown, A. E. L. (2017). Intellectual Property and Climate Change. In R. Dreyfuss, & J. Pila (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Intellectual Property Law: V. The Political Economy of Intellectual Property (pp. 958-990). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198758457.013.34

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