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This report presents three case studies to illustrate the relationship between environmental policy and technological innovation. The case studies cover abatement technologies for wastewater effluent from pulp production, abatement of motor vehicle emissions, and development of renewable energy technologies. On the basis of patent data, the nature, extent, and causes of innovation in each of these areas have been explored. While a particular focus has been placed on the role of environmental policy in bringing about the innovation documented, it is recognised that other factors play a key role in inducing innovation that has positive environmental implications.

Environmental policy -- Economic aspects. --- Environmental policy. --- Technological innovations -- Environmental aspects. --- Technological innovations -- Patents. --- Technological innovations. --- Environmental policy --- Technological innovations --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Environmental Sciences --- Economic aspects --- Environmental aspects --- Patents --- Economic aspects. --- Environmental aspects. --- Breakthroughs, Technological --- Innovations, Industrial --- Innovations, Technological --- Technical innovations --- Technological breakthroughs --- Technological change --- Creative ability in technology --- Inventions --- Domestication of technology --- Innovation relay centers --- Research, Industrial --- Technology transfer

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SpringerBriefs in Biotech Patents presents timely reports on intellectual properties (IP) issues and patent aspects in the field of biotechnology. In this volume the limits of patentability are addressed, a question that is often raised when it comes to biotechnological inventions: The first section addresses current issues in the patentability of plants produced by essentially biological processes including the controversy between farmer’s privilege and patent exhaustion with respect to seeds in the US. The second section examines the patentability of human embryonic stem cells in Europe and the US, also considering alternative technologies with respect to their practicability and patentability. The third section focuses on the patentability of genes and nucleic acids, especially the issue of patenting of encoding genes and nucleic acids.

Biotechnology --- Law and legislation. --- Biotechnology -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries. --- Biotechnology -- Law and legislation -- United States. --- Technological innovations -- Patents. --- Life sciences. --- Medical genetics. --- Genetic engineering. --- Nucleic acids. --- Stem cells. --- Plant breeding. --- Commercial law. --- Life Sciences. --- Stem Cells. --- Gene Function. --- Plant Breeding/Biotechnology. --- Nucleic Acid Chemistry. --- Genetic Engineering. --- Commercial Law. --- Business --- Business law --- Commerce --- Law, Commercial --- Mercantile law --- Law --- Law merchant --- Maritime law --- Crops --- Agriculture --- Breeding --- Colony-forming units (Cells) --- Mother cells --- Progenitor cells --- Cells --- Polynucleotides --- Biomolecules --- Designed genetic change --- Engineering, Genetic --- Gene splicing --- Genetic intervention --- Genetic surgery --- Genetic recombination --- Transgenic organisms --- Clinical genetics --- Diseases --- Heredity of disease --- Human genetics --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Genetic disorders --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Law and legislation --- Genetic aspects --- Biopiracy