The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and IBM are initiating an effort in partnership with Nokia, Pitney Bowes, and Sony have come together to help the environment, unleashing dozens of innovative, environmentally responsible patents to the public domain. The pledged portfolio, dubbed the "Eco-Patent Commons," is available on a dedicated, public Web site hosted by the WBCSD (http://www.wbcsd.org/web/epc).
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Video: Firms Join To Offer Eco-Patent Commons
(via video.energypolicytv.com)
Submitted by EPTV on Tue, 2008-01-15 16:23. | Tags: technology | chemicals | cleansers | companies | corporate responsibility | environment | green | IBM | Nokia | packaging | patents | pitney bowes | sony | sustainability | video
Tech companies share environmental patents
(via computerworlduk.com)
IBM, Nokia, Sony and bulk-mailing equipment manufacturer Pitney-Bowes have together donated patents to the Eco-patent Commons, an organisation set up to share the patents for technology with environmental benefits.
Submitted by e5rebel on Tue, 2008-01-15 09:33. | Tags: technology | computers | ComputerworldUK | green computing | IBM | Nokia | patents | sony
Holding back on innovation
(via www.greenlivingtips.com)
If a company deliberately holds back the implementation of a product they've developed that could provide substantial energy savings to the world - should there be severe legal consequences? A scenario from the past - General Electric and the CFL.
Submitted by greenlivingtips.com on Sat, 2007-08-18 07:57. | Tags: business | cfl | general electric | innovation | patents
