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Brazil is the First BRIC to Fall From the Anti-Green Patent Wall

written by Walter Wang

Last week we reported the launch of the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property’s (INPI) pilot program to accelerate green patent applications.

But there’s a lot more to this story than meets the eye. Though INPI joins several other national intellectual property offices around the world in offering a green patent fast track, this is not simply

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April 27, 2012 0 comment
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Brazil Opens Green Patent Fast Track

written by Walter Wang

Earlier this week, the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) of Brazil launched a pilot program to accelerate green patent applications (see the Folha news piece here).

The goal of the program is to reduce the period of examination of patent applications related to green

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April 19, 2012 0 comment
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Too Mod for Batteries: Ioxus Introduces iMOD Ultracaps

written by Walter Wang

Ioxus is a manufacturer of premium performance ultracapacitor technology for transportation, alternative energy, medical, industrial and consumer markets. Ioxus has focused on improving capacitor

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November 28, 2011 1 comment
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China’s Commitment to Green Technologies – Six Out of Seven Ain’t Bad

written by Walter Wang

Every day we read about the global dominance that China is achieving in cleantech, and wish the US could get on the stick as well. Here’s a wonderful presentation by HSBC that explicates China’s commitment to green technologies nicely.

China’s 12th Five Year Plan includes seven Strategic

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July 8, 2011 1 comment
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UKIPO “Green Channel” Initiative Two Years In (Part II)

written by Walter Wang

In a previous post, this author provided background on the UKIPO’s “Green Channel” for expedited examination of patent applications drawn to environmentally-friendly technologies.

As noted in that post, the program’s two-year anniversary recently past. To mark the occasion, and

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June 20, 2011 0 comment
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UN Report: Lackluster Recycling of Metals Hinders Green Tech Sector

written by Yale Environment 360

A UN report says that less than one-third of metals are recycled at a rate of more than 50 percent worldwide, and many are hardly re-used at all, a trend that could jeopardize the emerging green technology sector.

In a study of how 60 “inherently recyclable” metals are collected, processed and re-used, the report by

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May 29, 2011 1 comment
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Japan to Invest $6.4 billion in Green Technologies

written by ecopolitology

Japanese government and industries are likely to invest $6.4 billion in green energy technologies over the next 15 months.

The Japanese government would offer subsidies worth $1.9 billion while the rest of the investment is likely to come from some 142 companies which include Fuji Electric Holding, Toda Kogyo Corp, Toshiba Corp,

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January 4, 2011 0 comment
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USPTO Announces Extension and Expansion of Green Technology Pilot Program

written by Eric Lane

Last week the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) formally announced its plan to extend and expand the Green Technology Pilot Program, which provides accelerated examination for patent applications relating to green technologies.

According to the Notice, the program will be extended to December 31, 2011; it was previously scheduled to end December 8,

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November 17, 2010 0 comment
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Climate Aid Reaches $30 Billion Goal, But Is It New?

written by Walter Wang

(Reuters) – Aid promises from rich nations to help poor countries slow global warming are reaching the $30 billion goal agreed in Copenhagen but analysts say much of that is old funding dressed up as new pledges.

Officially, the promises total $29.8 billion, Reuters calculations show, apparently meeting a pledge of “new and additional”

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August 26, 2010 0 comment
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France Announces Massive Investment in Cleantech

written by Edouard Stenger

The French government recently announced a large investment program for renewables and green chemistry. The investment, totaling 1.35 billion euros ($1.75 billion) will be allocated over the next four years.

Named “ Démonstrateurs énergies renouvelables et chimie verte ” – or renewable energy and green chemistry demonstration – this program plans to allocate 450 million euros in subsidies and 900 million euros in

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August 24, 2010 4 comments
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Data Center Virtualization: Cloud Computing – Ease Up on Security to Keep Carbon Under Check?

written by Dilip Tinnelvelly

The AFCOM association recently revealed the results of a survey of 436 data center sites that showed the following trends: Cyber terrorism is an increasing concern, mainframe deployment is declining, storage deployment is increasing, and “green” technologies are definitely happening.

AFCOM found that there is a shift in data centers away from mainframe computers and toward other types of servers. That makes total sense as virtualization is the mantra of the day for those companies that are interested in optimizing their power by having several operating systems function within just one server. Data processing and storage is done within one server as opposed to a traditional system where the network is distributed in an elaborate design comprising of several servers and workstations all attached to their own separate hardware components. Similar to a virtual environment, all the physical resources such as additional servers, PCs, storage, hard drives, processors, and mother boards are totally eliminated. That way, not only are we saving big time in hardware investment (good for the planet!), we are also avoiding excess maintenance costs. That’s a big thumbs up!

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January 13, 2010 4 comments
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