Clean tech law

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Clean Tech Law contemplates a diverse set of legal issues related to the commercialization of clean technology. These issues range from conventional natural resources law to cutting-edge intellectual property issues related to synthetic genomics and advanced materials.

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[edit] History

The term clean tech is short for clean technology. The abbreviated iteration of the term first appeared on October 10, 1990 in the Xinhua General News Service.[1]. Now, clean tech is generally considered to include multiple advanced technologies in four economic sectors -- energy, water, materials and transportation.[2]

[edit] Basic Issues

As a discrete legal field, clean tech law is in its infancy and so vaguely defined that it focuses equally on business models and corporate strategies as more familiar areas like liability and ownership. The transactional side of clean tech law revolved around commercializing new technologies in renewable energy, pollution and other frontiers in the fight against climate change. In addition, the basic economics are inseparable from substantive social and ethical issues posed by these emerging technologies. The more traditional legal areas of clean technology law include intellectual property, patent law, licensing, and litigation and federal and state legislative and regulatory issues.

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  1. ^ CleanBeta, What is CleanTech?
  2. ^ [ht These technologies break down in the following categories:
    • Energy Generation
    • Energy Storage
    • Energy Infrastructure
    • Energy Efficiency
    • Transportation
    • Water & Wastewater
    • Air & Environment
    • Materials
    • Manufacturing/Industrial
    • Agriculture
    • Recycling & Waste<ref>[http://cleantechnetwork.com/index.cfm?pageSRC=CleantechDefined Clean Tech Network]</li></ol></ref>

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