The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has proposed changes to federal patent law that would help speed up the patenting process for green technologies. No additional fee would be required to take advantage of the accelerated examination process, according to law firm Ogilvy Renault in a blog post. Applicants would only be required to declare that their application relates to technology that, if commercialized, could help resolve or mitigate environmental impacts or conserve the natural environment and resources. If approved Canada would join the U.S., which last D...
Breakthrough Institute Project Director (and my friend and colleague) Devon Swezey testified last week before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on China's clean energy technology policy and the steps the United States must take t...
In this day an age, smart businesses realize that good customer service is not just something you want to provide when problems arise for customers, but should be something that is a mainstay of a business BEFORE problems arise. Developing a posi...
The Save the Beach Hotel in RomeWhile the oil spill continues to dominate the green blogosphere, one of the most interesting things I'm seeing this week is the relative quiet about tropical storm Bonnie heading right towards the central Gulf Coast....
