Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the wizards of Menlo Park : Thomas Edison, General Electric Inc. and Ecomagination
  • The Copenhagen Accord and the Cancún agreements : intellectual property, technology transfer, and climate change
  • The TRIPS Agreement : intellectual property, climate change, and disaster capitalism
  • Energy poverty : the World Intellectual Property Organization and the development agenda
  • The clean technology revolution : patent log jams and fast-tracks
  • The Toyota Prius : hybrid cars, and patent trolls
  • 'Clean energy for America, power up America' : patent law and compulsory licensing
  • Climate innovation centres : patent law and public sector licensing
  • The eco-patent commons : patent pools, clearing houses, and open innovation
  • Environmental prizes : the H-Prize, the L-Prize, and the X Prize
  • Conclusion : intellectual property and climate law.