Intellectual Property, Innovation and the Environment

Edited by Peter S. Menell, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and Sarah M. Tran, Assistant Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, US

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Acknowledgements

IntroductionPeter Menell and Sarah Tran

PART IHISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: PROMOTING INNOVATION IN POLLUTION CONTROL THROUGH REGULATION AND MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS
1. D. Bruce La Pierre (1977), ‘Technology-Forcing and Federal Environmental Protection Statutes’
2. Richard B. Stewart (1981), ‘Regulation, Innovation, and Administrative Law: A Conceptual Framework’
3. Bruce A. Ackerman and Richard B. Stewart (1987), ‘Reforming Environmental Law: The Democratic Case for Market Incentives’

PART IIINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TOOL: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS
4. Adam B. Jaffe, Richard G. Newell and Robert N. Stavins (2005), ‘A Tale of Two Market Failures: Technology and Environmental Policy’

PART IIIUSING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
5. Michael A. Gollin (1991), ‘Using Intellectual Property to Improve Environmental Protection’
6. Natalie M. Derzko (1996), ‘Using Intellectual Property Law and Regulatory Processes to Foster the Innovation and Diffusion of Environmental Technologies’
7. Sarah Tran (2012), ‘Expediting Innovation’

PART IVINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONCERNS ABOUT DIFFUSION OF IMPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECHNOLOGIES
8. Joshua D. Sarnoff (2011), ‘The Patent System and Climate Change’
9. Jorge L. Contreras (2012), ‘Standards, Patents, and the National Smart Grid’
10. John H. Barton (2007), ‘Intellectual Property and Access to Clean Energy Technologies in Developing Countries: An Analysis of Solar Photovoltaic, Biofuel and Wind Technologies’
11. Eric L. Lane (2010), ‘Keeping the LEDs On and the Electric Motors Running: Clean Tech in Court after eBay’
12. Eric Lane (2010), ‘Clean Tech Reality Check: Nine International Green Technology Transfer Deals Unhindered by Intellectual Property Rights’
13. Bronwyn H. Hall and Christian Helmers (2010), ‘The Role of Patent Protection in (Clean/Green) Technology Transfer’
14. Jason R. Wiener (2006), ‘Sharing Potential and the Potential for Sharing: Open Source Licensing as a Legal and Economic Modality for the Dissemination of Renewable Energy Technology’

PART VCOMPLEMENTS AND ALTERNATIVES TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR STIMULATING ADVANCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECHNOLOGIES
15. Jonathan H. Adler (2011), ‘Eyes on a Climate Prize: Rewarding Energy Innovation to Achieve Climate Stabilization’
16. Gary E. Marchant (2009), ‘Sustainable Energy Technologies: Ten Lessons from the History of Technology Regulation’