Intellectual Property and Clean Energy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction: The Road to Paris: Intellectual Property, Human Rights, and Climate Justice

   • Matthew Rimmer

   Pages 1-30

3. International Law

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31

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   2. The Paris Agreement: Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer, and Climate Change

      • Matthew Rimmer

      Pages 33-67

   3. Transparency in Climate Finance After Paris: Towards a More Effective Climate Governance Framework

      • Felicity Deane, Evan Hamman

      Pages 69-92

   4. The Paris Agreement: Development, the North-South Divide and Human Rights

      • Anna Huggins, Bridget Lewis

      Pages 93-113

   5. Climate Change and Human Rights: Intellectual Property Challenges and Opportunities

      • Alexandra Phelan

      Pages 115-148

4. Patent Law

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149

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   2. Intergenerational Justice: A Framework for Addressing Intellectual Property Rights and Climate Change

      • Heather Ann Forrest, Peter Lawrence

      Pages 151-175

   3. Management of Intellectual Property in Australia’s Clean Technology Sector: Challenges and Opportunities in an Uncertain Regulatory Environment

      • Kane Wishart

      Pages 177-206

   4. Intellectual Property, Climate Change and Technology Transfer in South Asia

      • Kanchana Kariyawasam, Matthew Tsai

      Pages 207-234

   5. Intellectual Ventures: Patent Law, Climate Change, and Geoengineering

      • Matthew Rimmer

      Pages 235-271

5. Trademark Law and Related Rights

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 273-273

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   2. Trademark Goodwill and Green Global Value Networks

      • Margaret Chon

      Pages 275-299

   3. This Ain’t Your Daddy’s Greenwashing: An Assessment of the American Petroleum Institute’s Power Past Impossible Campaign

      • Kim Sheehan

      Pages 301-321

   4. The Power of Visual Appeal: Designs Law and Clean Energy

      • Maree Sainsbury

      Pages 323-340

   5. Key Change: The Role of the Creative Industries in Climate Change Action

      • Tim Hollo

      Pages 341-372

6. Privacy and Trade Secrets

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 373-373

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   2. Environmental Sousveillance, Citizen Science and Smart Grids

      • Bruce Baer Arnold

      Pages 375-398

   3. Protecting and Promoting Clean Energy Innovation Through the Trade Secrets Regime: Issues and Implications

      • Darshana Sumanadasa

      Pages 399-424

This collection considers the future of climate innovation after the Paris Agreement. It analyses the debate over intellectual property and climate change in a range of forums – including the climate talks, the World Trade Organization, and the World Intellectual Property Organization, as well as multilateral institutions dealing with food, health, and biodiversity. The book investigates the critical role patent law plays in providing incentives for renewable energy and access to critical inventions for the greater public good, as well as plant breeders’ rights and their impact upon food security and climate change. Also considered is how access to genetic resources raises questions about biodiversity and climate change. This collection also explores the significant impact of trademark law in terms of green trademarks, eco labels, and greenwashing. The key role played by copyright law in respect of access to environmental information is also considered. The book also looks at deadlocks in the debate over intellectual property and climate change, and provides theoretical, policy, and practical solutions to overcome such impasses.

• intellectual property
• green technology
• Paris Agreement
• climate change
• open innovation
• climate justice
• patent law
• trademark law
• clean energy
• clean technology
• food security
• genetic resources
• human rights
• climate law
• environmental law
• technology transfer
• Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
• Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
• Tesla Motors

• Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

  Matthew Rimmer

Matthew Rimmer is Professor in Intellectual Property and Innovation Law at the Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. He is a leader of the QUT Intellectual Property and Innovation Law research program, a member of the QUT Digital Media Research Centre the QUT Australian Centre for Health Law Research, and the QUT International Law and Global Governance Research Program. He has published widely on copyright law and information technology, patent law and biotechnology, access to medicines, plain packaging of tobacco products, intellectual property and climate change, and indigenous intellectual property. His current research interests include: intellectual property, the creative industries, and 3D printing; intellectual property and public health; and intellectual property and trade, looking at the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, and the Trade in Services Agreement.

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