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August 4, 2008 3:33 PM

Navigating Cleantech's IP Thicket

By
David Hamilton
(MoneyWatch)  As investment dollars continue to flow into cleantech, some entrepreneurs and their backers are starting to confront a new problem: Navigating a complex and unfamiliar patent terrain. Because so much of the technology in cleantech involves multiple scientific and engineering disciplines -- and because it can take a decade or more to generate substantial sales in the highly regulated energy market -- the right patent strategy can be crucial to commercial success.

Over at our technology blog, Erik Sherman discusses these and related cleantech-patent issues with Joseph Teja, co-chair of the cleantech practice at IP law firm Wolf Greenfield. Check it out.

© 2008 CBS Interactive Inc.. All Rights Reserved.

  • David Hamilton is the assistant managing editor of CNET News. He has been writing and editing business and tech coverage for about two decades -- the majority of that at the Wall Street Journal in both Tokyo and San Francisco.

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