In the era of modern industrial regimes, the role of technology in tackling climate change is pivotal. International goals of climate change mitigation and sustainable development cannot be achieved without the contribution of new technologies. At the same time, the importance of patent protection and an efficient patent system that facilitates technology transfer among international frontiers cannot be overlooked. Many patented technologies are either not accessible for further dissemination or do not hold much technical value. Therefore, advanced systems of collaborative innovation have been developed, especially in the sector of green technology and green innovation.
The environmental concerns of the global community cannot be tackled by a single company, person, sector or country. Innovation partnerships and collaborative research will play a vital role in combating global climate concerns and in determining the diffusion of green technologies for maximum impact. This book argues that policy-makers should encourage partnerships in technology rather than focusing on gaining investment and access to green technology to encourage global technological giants to transfer their technology and knowledge to local entities. It analyzes the relationship between patent protection, green innovation and diffusion of green technology against the backdrop of climate change and severe climate crisis.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach to align patent law and green technology with the Sustainable Development Goals, it examines the effects of patent protection, technology transfer and compulsory licensing on the diffusion of green technologies while offering a systematic analysis of the relationship between patent protection, green innovation and diffusion of green technology from a global perspective.
Author(s): Ankit Singh, Yogendra Kumar Srivastava
Series: Routledge Research in Intellectual Property
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 184
City: London
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Contents
1 Introduction
1.1. Background
1.1.1. Role of Patent System in Promoting Green Technology Innovation: An Overview
1.2. Review of Literature
1.2.1. Patent Protection, Technology Transfer and Diffusion
1.2.2. Trends in Green Patenting 7
1.2.3. Patent Pledges, Eco-Patent Commons and Diffusion of Green Technology
1.2.4. Compulsory Licensing in relation to Green Technology
1.2.5. Business Innovation, Green Economy and Diffusion
1.2.6. Effect of Fast-tracking Programs
1.2.7. Green Marketing, Green Consumerism and Green Technology
2 Green Innovation and Green Technology: An Overview
2.1. Green Innovation: Meaning, Evolution and Importance
2.1.1. Importance of Green Innovation Centers (GICs)
2.1.2. Presence of GICs in India
2.2. Pertinence of Green Manufacturing
2.3. Meaning and importance of Green Skills
2.3.1. Green Employment
2.3.2. Green Economic Development
2.3.3. Global Endeavor and Green Skilling
2.4. Green Technology: Trends and Prospects
2.4.1. Public Governance: Innovation Policies and Green Growth
2.4.2. Access to Green Technology and Uptake of Green Innovation: Barriers and Challenges
2.4.3. Fostering Green Innovation through Right Timing and Investment
2.4.4. Formulation of Technology-specific Policies
2.5. Green Innovation in the US
2.5.1. Institutional Initiatives
2.5.2. Major Policy Points Pertaining to Green Innovation
2.5.3. International Role of the US in Promoting Environmental Protection and Green Innovation
2.6. Role of Patenting in Promoting Green Innovation
2.6.1. Green Technology Pilot Program
2.6.2. Fast-Tracking (FT) Program for Green Patents
2.7. Evolution of Green Innovation in India
2.7.1. Reasons behind India’s Slow Green Growth
2.7.2. Innovation Ecosystem: Indian Perspective
2.7.3. Role of various Institutes
2.7.4. R&D in India: Statistical Analysis
2.7.5. Sectors of Green Growth: Indian Policy Framework
2.7.6. Green Infrastructural Growth and the Way Ahead
2.7.7. Low-Carbon Technologies and Innovation: A Giant Leap Ahead
2.8. Role of Patent Protection in Boosting Green Innovation
3 The Nexus Between Green Innovation and Green Economy
3.1. Relevance of Green Innovation and Green Economy
3.1.1. Promoting Frontier Green Innovation
3.1.2. Technological Capabilities and Local Technology Push
3.1.3. Global Technological Push: Supporting Strategies
3.1.4. Public Research Funding to Promote Green Innovation
3.1.5. Science as a Green Entrepreneurial Endeavor
3.2. Technological Dimensions and Green Innovation
3.2.1. Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) and Green Innovation
3.2.2. Direct Impacts of ICT
3.2.3. Enabling Impacts of ICT
3.2.4. Systemic Impacts of ICT
3.2.5. The Smart Grid
3.2.6. Biotechnology and Green Innovation
3.2.7. Nanotechnology and Green Innovation
3.2.8. Green Chemistry and Green Innovation
3.3. Promoting Green Innovation in Developing Countries
3.3.1. Promoting Catch-up Green Innovation
3.3.2. Enhancing Access to Climate-friendly (Green) Technology
3.3.3. Accelerating Green Technology Absorption
3.3.4. Supply-push and Demand-pull Policies
3.3.5. Promotion of Absorptive Capacities
3.4. Green Investment and Green Innovation
4 Patent Law, Diffusion of Green Technology and Allied Matters: A Global Perspective
4.1. Green or Environmental Innovation in OECD Countries
4.1.1. Measuring the Levels of Green Innovation in OECD Countries
4.1.2. Patents for Measuring Innovation Levels
4.1.3. Role of Patent Data in the Identification of Environment-friendly Technology
4.1.4. PATSAT Database for Advanced Patent Search
4.2. Relative Technological Advantage (RTA): A Study of the World Innovation Regime
4.2.1. International Collaborations in Climate Change Mitigation Technologies
4.2.2. Selected Jurisdictions and Environment-friendly Technologies: Relative Study
4.3. Fast-tracking of Green Patent Applications and Diffusion of Green Technology
4.3.1. Green Patent Applications and Inventions according to Nationality
4.4. Diffusion of Climate Change Mitigation Technologies: Role of OECD Countries
4.4.1. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Diffusion of Green Technology
4.5. Role of Patents in Promoting Diffusion of Green Technology
4.5.1. Green Channel in the UK
4.5.2. Prevailing Issues in Adoption of Green Technologies
4.6. Compulsory Licensing and Diffusion of Green Technology
4.6.1. Compulsory Licensing: Pharmaceuticals versus Green Technologies
4.6.2. Public Health and Urgency
4.6.3. Extending the Scope of Compulsory Licensing to LDCs
4.6.4. Doha Declaration, Means of Production and Compulsory Licensing
4.6.5. Green Technology and Pharmaceuticals under TRIPS
4.6.6. Explicit Inclusion of Public Health
4.7. A Case Against Compulsory Licensing of Green Technology
4.7.1. Economic Ramifications
4.7.2. Green Technology Industry and Compulsory Licensing: The Dichotomy
4.8. Policy Instruments, Adoption and Diffusion of Green Technologies
5 Green Technology Diffusion and the Indian Patent Regime: Role of India in Promoting Green Economy and Green Growth
5.1. Introduction
5.1.1. Environmental Deterioration and Technology
5.1.2. Cooperative Patent Classification and Climate Change Mitigation Technologies
5.2. Green Technology in India
5.2.1. Transfer of Technology
5.2.2. Sectors Exhibiting Growth in Green Technologies
5.3. India’s Global Position
5.4. Green Patenting: Current Position and Emerging Trends in India
5.4.1. Access to Green Technology and Indian Patent Law
5.4.2. Compulsory Licensing and Green Technology
5.4.3. Facilitating the Diffusion of Green Technology
5.5. Green Technology: Sector-wise Study in the Indian Perspective
5.5.1. Developing Cost-effective Green Technologies
5.6. Green Marketing and Patent Regime: Indian Scenario
5.6.1. Genesis of Green Marketing
5.6.2. Phases of Green Marketing
5.6.3. Green Marketing: Current Trends in India
5.6.4. Steps Taken by Indian Companies in the Field of Green Marketing
5.7. Patent Law, Technology Transfer and Green Marketing
5.7.1. Indian Patent Regime and Green Marketing
5.7.2. India and Technology Transfer
5.7.3. Patenting and Green Market Strategy in India
5.7.4. Patent Pooling and Diffusion of Green Technology
5.7.5. Patent Pooling and Green Technology in the US
5.7.6. Patent Pooling and Green Technology in India
6 Cutting-Edge Developments in the Field of Green Innovation and Diffusion of Green Technology
6.1. Movement on International Fronts
6.2. Progressive and Cutting-edge Green Innovation
6.3. Nobel Prize: Recognition of Impact of Innovation on Climate Change
6.4. Green Technology Diffusion: The Current Scenario
6.4.1. Efforts for Raising Technological Capacities
6.4.2. Patent Protection and Green Technology Diffusion
6.4.3. Accelerating the Diffusion of Green Technology: A Contemporary Business Outlook
7 Conclusion
7.1. Findings
7.2. Conclusion
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