Zielone patenty jako szansa na komercjalizację innowacji wspierających zrównoważony rozwój

Edyta Gwarda-Gruszczyńska

doi:10.18778/2082-4440.46.02

Authors

Edyta Gwarda-Gruszczyńska Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Zarządzania, Katedra Zarządzania https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9484-2721

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/2082-4440.46.02

Keywords:

green technologies, green patents, sustainable development, commercialization

Abstract

Climate change and sustainable development are the most current topics when companies try to plan their strategies. New technologies are the tools that can help to solve various problems. To commercialize new technologies one of the most important topics is intellectual property protection. In case of green technologies, the good form of protection are green patents. The author argues that green patents are an opportunity to commercialize innovations supporting sustainable development.

The aim of this article is to identify current trends in the creation of environmental technologies (“green technologies”) and to identify areas where the newest technologies supporting sustainable development are created. This goal will be achieved by analyzing “green patents”.

Research methods included descriptive, comparative, and expository analysis. These methods were used to better understand the areas where “green innovations” are being created. To identify the current trends, a desk research method was used. As part of the research, literature, documents, and statistical data were analyzed as well as a case study of the “WIPO Green” technology platform supporting the transfer of green technologies to implement sustainable development was presented.

The research shows that in many areas related to the implementation of sustainable development goals, a number of patents protecting green technologies is increasing. However, protecting new solutions in the form of patents does not solve the problem. The solution is their commercialization, which opens up opportunities for achieving sustainable development goals.

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