Diffusion of climate friendly technologies: Can compulsory licensing help?

Journal of Intellectual Property Rights

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-246

  Nanda, Nitya ^a  

^a THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Compulsory licensing; International IPR regimes; TRIPS; WIPO development agenda

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951772194     PISSN: 09717544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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