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[0] HEARING OF THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND GLOBAL WARMING SUBJECT: CLIMATE FOR INNOVATION: TECHNOLOGY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN GLOBAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS CHAIRED BY: REPRESENTATIVE EDWARD MARKEY (D-MA) WITNESSES: GOVI RAO, CHAIRMAN, LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORPORATION; ROBERT T. NELSEN, CO-FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, ARCH VENTURE PARTNERS; JENNIFER HAVERKAMP, MANAGING DIRECTOR... (Part 12).

Publication: Washington Newsmaker Transcript Database
Publication Date: 31-JUL-09
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HEARING OF THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND GLOBAL WARMING SUBJECT: CLIMATE FOR INNOVATION: TECHNOLOGY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN GLOBAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS CHAIRED BY: REPRESENTATIVE EDWARD MARKEY (D-MA) WITNESSES: GOVI RAO, CHAIRMAN, LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORPORATION; ROBERT T. NELSEN, CO-FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, ARCH VENTURE PARTNERS; JENNIFER HAVERKAMP, MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL POLICY & NEGOTIATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND; MARK ESPER, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT GLOBAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CENTER, U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LOCATION: 210 CANNON HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME: 9:30 A.M. EDT DATE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2009(Part 12)

I agree, I actually was talking about taking a different approach to IP and so actually having this sort of think of IP internationally maybe in convention of what Mr. Nelson was talking about here, in terms of having an IP clearing house as an exchange. It actually has been tried by the world business council on sustainable development, they call an eco patent pooling. But they don't incentivize the innovators, it's more just to share ideas. But the clearing house I was talking about actually does incentivize and this is exclusively for climate change already technologies now across the board, you take this out of this realm of...

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