Green patents: protecting sustainable tech and climate innovation

Inno­va­tion is thought by some to be the path­way to a more sus­tain­able future. As rights pro­tec­tion is cru­cial to dri­ving and main­tain­ing sus­tain­able inno­va­tions, some coun­tries have incen­tivised green patent appli­ca­tions. More­over, com­pa­nies across a vari­ety of indus­tries have recog­nised the val­ue of pro­tect­ing their green inno­va­tions, with lit­tle indi­ca­tion that those patent rights are being shelved or abused.