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Perspective

Apr. 9, 2011

'Green Intellectual Property,’ a Creature of Its Own

So-called "green patents" supply the profit motive for the development of green technologies. By Eric L. Lane of Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP.


By Eric L. Lane


Many of the green intellectual property legal and policy issues discussed in "Clean Tech Intellectual Property: Eco-marks, Green Patents, and Green Innovation" flow from the unique features of the current clean technology boom. As author Eric Lane demonstrates, green intellectual property issues pose unique challenges and raise profound legal and moral questions about the nature of innovation, the best way to facilitate transfer a...

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