Research on the Barriers and Strategies of IPRs for LCT Transfer

As the most effective methods in containing climate change and mitigating its consequences, the development and transfer of low carbon technologies (LCT) has aroused strong interest from developing countries particularly those with rapid economic growth. While there has always existed debate on the role of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in this process. The point of contention lies in whether IP will become the block, the evidence of which is reviewed briefly in this paper, furthermore, the obstacles that hinder the transfer and diffusion of LCT is also discussed in detail. Based on which, we bring forward the local adaption strategies for China according to the social and intellectual property environment, involving the following aspects such as modification of patent law, independent research of LCT, implement of compulsory license system, construction of patents pool, technical information services.