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Scenario-Patent Protection Compared to Climate Change: The Case of Green Patents

Scenario-Patent Protection Compared to Climate Change: The Case of Green Patents

Araken Alves de Lima, Patricia Carvalho dos Reis, Julio César Moreira Reis Castelo Branco, Rodrigo Danieli, Cibele Cristina Osawa, Eduardo Winter, Douglas Alves Santos
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 10
ISSN: 1947-8402|EISSN: 1947-8410|EISBN13: 9781466634091|DOI: 10.4018/jsesd.2013070105
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Alves de Lima, Araken, et al. "Scenario-Patent Protection Compared to Climate Change: The Case of Green Patents." IJSESD vol.4, no.3 2013: pp.61-70. http://doi.org/10.4018/jsesd.2013070105

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Alves de Lima, A., Carvalho dos Reis, P., Branco, J. C., Danieli, R., Osawa, C. C., Winter, E., & Santos, D. A. (2013). Scenario-Patent Protection Compared to Climate Change: The Case of Green Patents. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (IJSESD), 4(3), 61-70. http://doi.org/10.4018/jsesd.2013070105

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Alves de Lima, Araken, et al. "Scenario-Patent Protection Compared to Climate Change: The Case of Green Patents," International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (IJSESD) 4, no.3: 61-70. http://doi.org/10.4018/jsesd.2013070105

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Abstract

The United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took effect as a treaty in 1994 to promote international cooperation in the fight against global warming. Currently, nearly 190 countries are signatories of the UNFCCC, which has had successive additions as the Kyoto Protocol (1997). In 1995, the Climate Technology Initiative was established within the UNFCCC to encourage international cooperation in the accelerated development and diffusion of environmentally Sound Technologies - EST. Such technologies are also capable of protection provided by patents, and this kind of protection is a valuable tool for the industrial production inventions to become a worthwhile investment, contributing to economic development. Many patent applications claim advantages relative to efficiency, waste reduction, or even the costs of operation/manufacturing. However, the difficulty of accurately distinguishing the EST’s technologies among others, which are those that only claim environmental benefits, compared to those who actually have a higher potential to promote a more positive impact on the environment directed. This study aims to report some performance initiatives in relations between technologies, focusing on the so-called “GREEN”, and the effects of climate change. Some initiatives have already been started in countries such as Australia, Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Japan, South Korea and Israel. These nations are constituted in the form of their industrial property offices, as entities that have implemented regulations regarding the patentability of requests for green technologies or EST’s such requests are known as “green patents” applications. In this context, it is highlighted that the definition of “green patents” differs from country to country and this leads to greater uncertainty in this designation, with the codes of the International Patent Classification (IPC) should be prioritized. This study observed that, in the case of South Korea, green patents are technologies classified in accordance with the interests of the Government, or, according to designations of environmental laws. Moreover, it still shows that South Korea, Australia, United States, Japan, Israel already have programs to promote accelerated examination of “green patents” applications with different criteria.

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