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Intellectual Property Considerations for Clean Tech
Clean technology is a growing and substantial area of interest for investors, entrepreneurs, innovators and governments. Billions of dollars are invested annually in the development and exploitation of new clean technology. Many new start-up companies have been founded solely on the basis of new clean technology. The success of all of these efforts will substantially depend on the efficacy of the intellectual property (IP) protection efforts surrounding the new clean technology.
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Categories: Clean Technology, Intellectual Property, International Issues, Regulatory, Venture Capital Trends
Cellulosic Biofuel Waiver Credits: Part I
On February 3, 2010, the U.S. EPA finalized its long-awaited amendments to the National Renewable Fuel Standard program (“RFS2”), which increased mandated quotas of ethanol, biodiesel and other biofuels in the U.S. transportation fuel supply. The National Renewable Fuel Standard program was originally created in the 2005 federal energy bill and substantially modified by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (“EISA”). The RFS2 program sets quotas for biofuels in U.S. fuel supply starting at 12.95 billion gallons in 2010 with an ultimate goal of 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel by 2022. The rule includes nested sub-quotas for advanced biofuels, cellulosic biofuels and biomass-based diesel, with the goal for cellulosic fuels at 21 billion gallons by 2022. The policy goals of the RFS2 include energy independence through displacing imported petroleum and increased domestic energy supplies.
Evaluating Clean Tech Investment in Clean Transportation
Clean transportation companies are emerging players in the clean tech space. What will it take to make them successful? The answer: linkage to the continuing national call for “sustainability.” The reason is this: Transportation is a basic service whose comparative economic value is driven by its cost effectiveness for different purposes in different contexts. Clean transportation, like “clean energy”, is a market in which the parameters for success are also effectively defined by law and by public opinion. Once embedded in our economy, these additional standards serve to validate to consumers, and therefore to manufacturers, and therefore to investors, the costs incurred and tradeoffs made to meet these additional standards.
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Categories: Business Market Developments, Carbon, Clean Transportation, Domestic Issues, Federal Funding, Government Policy, Regulatory
Welcome to CleanView
On this blog, we will offer our insights into current developments in the clean tech and renewable energy industries. These are broad and growing industries and we at Andrews Kurth are at the forefront of these industries as they become increasingly important to the US and world economies.
