As climate technology developers (developers) transition from technology R&D to scale-up, pilots, and commercial deployment, it is crucial to understand how to effectively manage and protect IP rights to ensure the developer’s ongoing ability to further develop, finance, commercialize, and scale its technology. This primer is written to help readers attain a working knowledge of the basics of IP rights and raise important considerations for protecting a developer’s technology. This whitepaper is written with U.S. law in mind, excluding IP considerations related to government funding. International development or commercialization and cross-border transactions are also outside the scope of this whitepaper, although these topics eventually become important for many developers.
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