IP owners rally to protect green patents
22 May 2009
Emma Barraclough, London
A group of patent owning companies have formed an alliance to promote and protect IP rights in so-called green technologies and the pharmaceutical industry
David Hirschmann, president and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce’s Global IP Centre, launched the Innovation, Development, and Employment Alliance (IDEA), on Wednesday in Washington DC.
Its members include General Electric, Microsoft, Sunrise Solar and Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems.
The Alliance is worried that developing countries might issue compulsory licences over the IP rights behind medicines and green...
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