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Hearing 7/29: American Made Energy: Intellectual Property Rights

Select Committee Hearing to Focus on International Intellectual Property Rights for Global Climate Solutions

The key to solving climate change and developing clean energy is technology, and at the center of technology are intellectual property rights.  In the Space Race, America had a singular competitor. In the Clean Energy Race to stop global warming, America is competing with the Chinese, Germans, Koreans, and countless others. How these countries and the world deal with intellectual property rights will have a huge impact on whether technology is available and deployed to solve our global problems.  

On Wednesday July 29th, 2009 the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing entitled, "Climate for Innovation: Technology and Intellectual Property in Global Climate Solutions." The hearing will begin at 9:30 AM, and be held in 210 Cannon House Office Building.

This hearing will examine the impact of intellectual property rights on global warming solutions and how to encourage American innovation while spreading climate related technologies globally. Technology transfer and cooperation are part of the international climate regime and have become an important issue regarding negotiations on the future international climate agreement, and in the debate heading into the UN Climate Change Conference this December in Copenhagen.  

WHAT: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming Hearing, "Climate for Innovation: Technology and Intellectual Property in Global Climate Solutions"

WHEN: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 9:30 AM

WHERE: 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington DC, and Online

WITNESS LIST:
-Mr. Govi Rao, Chairman, Lighting Science Group Corporation
-Mr. Robert T. Nelsen, Co-founder and Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners
-Ms. Jennifer Haverkamp, Managing Director for International Policy & Negotiations, Environmental Defense Fund
-Dr. Mark Esper, Executive Vice President Global Intellectual Property Center, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

PLEASE NOTE: The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming was created to explore American clean energy solutions that end our reliance on foreign oil and reduce carbon pollution.

The Select Committee was active during the 110th and 111th Congresses. This is an archived version of the website, to ensure that the public has ongoing access to the Select Committee record. This website, including external links, will not be updated after Jan. 3rd, 2010.

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