The Interconnection Between Intellectual Property and The Growth Of Green Technologies

The growing concern for curbing global warming and environmental hazards requires environmentally sustainable resources and such a need has led to the use of green technology and green products. The Intellectual property law aims at promoting innovation through incentivizing and commercializing such innovation. This paper focuses on how the Intellectual Property Law impacts the use of green technology and the innovation of the same by discussing the ambit of intellectual property law which provides protection to green technologies under Indian law, various international laws, rules, regulations, agreements and treaties and at the same time how it prevents abuse of such power. This paper therefore discusses the importance of providing intellectual property rights to innovator of green technology and how such protection can be effectively enforced by ensuring the wide access of such technologies to all. Therefore, it discusses the inter-relation between intellectual property law and green technologies by providing checks and balances in the enforcement of such laws with regard to public accessibility. Doctrinal Research Methodology is used in this paper.