Intellectual property, climate change and technology : managing national legal intersections, relationships and conflicts / Abbe E.L. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Abbe E. L. (Abbe Elizabeth Lockhart), author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar monographs in intellectual property law.

Elgar monographs in intellectual property law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Law and legislation.

Climatic changes.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

"Exploring the potential for alignment as well as conflicts between IP and climate change, Intellectual Property, Climate Change and Technology encourages a coherent and integrated approach to decision making. This groundbreaking book identifies and challenges the lack of intersection between intellectual property law and climate change law at national level. It argues that intellectual property confers private rights on the results of innovation and creativity, while climate change law and policy exists more in the public sphere without engagement with intellectual property, with no space for the conflict between this private power and public goal to be investigated in litigation. This thought-provoking book will be of great interest to scholars working in the fields of IP, climate change law, human rights, investor-state dispute settlement, and planning and sustainable development, challenging the assumption that some problems are dealt with only through consideration of certain areas of the law. Proposing new processes for policy and law making in order to remove barriers between these fields, Intellectual Property, Climate Change and Technology will also be a valuable resource for members of parliament and policy makers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Foreword

Preface

1. Introduction

2. National legislation and policy making

3. Conflict and alignment? Rationales and litigation

4. Conflict and realities: presenting case studies

5. Present approaches, opportunities and challenges

6. New judicial approaches

7. Above the radar: delivering integration

8. Investor state dispute settlement: crossing boundaries?

9. Closing thoughts

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-78811-111-7