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17 January 2022CopyrightCerys Wyn Davies and Gill Dennis

Climate change: is open sharing green tech part of the solution?

Innovation is one of the key solutions to the global challenge of climate change. To maximise the benefits of innovation, do innovators need to reconsider the role of IP rights in green innovation, moving away from the usual monopoly commercialisation of new technology, towards sharing freely for the greater good?

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