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Innovation and Climate Change highlights

francesca — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:28:16 +0000

This is a smorgsbord of the key messages and themes in the debate on patents, technology transfer and development, as highlighted at the WIPO Conference on Innovation and Climate Change.

Carl Horton (July 2011)

francesca — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:36:12 +0000

Carl Horton, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, General Electric (GE), dicusses the technology transfer programmes they currently run, touching on the problems and incentives. He lists their requirements, emphasising the ethical requirements. He says that green technologies are decades old, and that patents only cover the most recent developments. He finishes on his concerns over tarriff barriers.

Jim Pooley (July 2011)

francesca — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:43:48 +0000

Jim Pooley, Deputy Director General for Patents at the World Intellectual Property Organization, discusses how patents lead to innovation. He looks at the trade-offs and benefits, and how the patent system is the “proven best way” to get as much out there as possible. He refers to China and how their subsidies are enabling a whole class of innovators to enter the global economy.

Francis Gurry (July 2011)

francesca — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:34:43 +0000

Francis Gurry, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), explains why innovation is fundamental to tackling climate change and building a green economy. He discusses how technology is unevenly shared worldwide and examines the public policy tensions between stimulating the creation of new technologies and the imperative to diffuse them on a global scale. He explores exhaustion of rights and parallel importation – looking at the differential prices across markets. He finishes on what could be achieved at Durban, explaining that “the patent system is the memory of humanity’s technology”.

Quentin Tannock on mass technology transfer (July 2011)

francesca — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:25:50 +0000

Quentin Tannock, from Cambridge IP, talks about their research with Chatham House, and the length of time it takes for technology to reach the mass adoption phase.

Wend Wendland (July 2011)

francesca — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:29:10 +0000

Wend Wendland, World Intellectual Property Organization, delves into the issues of traditional knowledge, looking at where the rights lie, and the treaties emerging to protect them.

Vicente Yu (July 2011)

francesca — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:54:39 +0000

Vicente Yu, programme coordinator of the global governance for development programme from the South Centre, raises the issue of financing technology transfer – pointing to the gap between the scale needed and the existing pledges.

Colin Turner (July 2011)

francesca — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:23:55 +0000

Colin Turner analyses the inflexibility of the patent system for small businesses. He suggests one universal language and more efficient systems, and says that patenting is at the moment a break on innovation. He looks at possible solutions, highlighting the need for a lobby group for small business.

Mohammad Asaduzzaman (July 2011)

francesca — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:34:32 +0000

Mohammad Asaduzzaman, from the Bangladesh Institute for Development Studies, explores concerns over perception of technology development and appreciation of the potential of existing technologies. He echoes a message from the conference that you “innovate in incremental ways”, highlighting the need for integration in reporting and frameworks.

Quentin Tannock on IP models (July 2011)

francesca — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:09:09 +0000

Quentin Tannock, from Cambridge IP, talks about the registered and unregistered forms of IP protection. He looks at the range of partnerships, in particular the length of the patent timeline. He talks about how a one-size-fits-all policy isn’t perhaps the best way forward. He discusses how the solution could lie in innovative collaboration, such as patent pooling.