Introduction: the wizards of Menlo Park - Thomas Edison, General Electric Inc.and Ecomagination 1
PART Ⅰ INTERNATIONAL LAW 39
1.The Copenhagen Accord and the Cancun Agreements: intellectual property, technology transfer, and climate change 39
2.The TRIPS Agreement: intellectual property, climate change, and disaster capitalism 83
3.Energy poverty: the World Intellectual Property Organization and the development agenda 120
PART Ⅱ PATENT LAW 159
4.The clean technology revolution: patent log -jams and fast-tracks 159
5.The Toyota Prius: hybrid cars, and patent trolls 197
6.‘Clean Energy for America, Power up America’: patent law and compulsory licensing 236
PART Ⅲ INNOVATION 275
7.Climate Innovation Centres: patent law and public sector licensing 275
8.The Eco-Patent Commons: patent pools, clearing houses, and open innovation 311
9.Environmental prizes: the H-Prize, the L-Prize, and the X Prize 343
Conclusion: intellectual property and climate law 377
Bibliography 405
Index 469