Green Patents: Balancing Innovation, Access and Environmental Protection in India

Introduction Amongst the biggest threats of the 21st century is the climate change phenomenon, which has required governments all over the world to step up their efforts to develop and popularise sustainable technologies. At the core of this transformation are the intellectual property rights, particularly patents, that serve as a mechanism to incentivise innovators by granting them temporary monopoly power to provide sufficient incentive to engage in costly R&D. However, when these patent...