Legal Challenges of Renewable Energy Technology Transfer in the Intellectual Property Law’s System

Document Type : Original Article

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Assistant Professor in Private Law, Department of Law, Faculty of humanity, Jahrom University, Jahrom, Iran

10.22091/diplic.2025.13126.1021

Abstract

In the current era, the development of energy production technologies from renewable sources for the transition to a low-carbon economy has taken a central place in legal discourse and international policy-making. This research, adopting an interdisciplinary approach within the framework of technology transfer law, explores the complex relationship between technological innovations in the field of renewable energy and the intellectual property law’s system. The research question focuses on two axes: first, analyzing the inherent dualism of intellectual property regimes in balancing incentives for innovation and the necessity of access to sustainable technologies, and second, examining the mechanisms of influence of various components of intellectual property law as incentive or inhibitors in the development and transfer of renewable technologies. The results of this article, which was conducted using a descriptive-analytical methodology and a study of the background and approach of international intellectual property law, confirm that despite the diversity in legal models, achieving sustainable energy as an undeniable reality requires rethinking the dynamics of international energy law and facilitating technological cooperation in light of cross-border intellectual property.

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