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Importance of Intellectual Property Rights for Building a Sustainable Future

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Sustainability is a concept that has become popular in many fields, especially in recent years. On the other hand, the term sustainable development deals with the development and environmental goals together. At the same time, ecologically sustainable development is very important in the context of bioeconomy and green technology. For the globalization of this concept, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as Global Goals, were established by the United Nations in 2015 under the leadership of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). With the SDGs, all economically active societies aim to innovate and improve the productions already made for truly sustainable development, where intellectual property rights (IPR) are very important in this sense. IPRs protect all tangible or intangible assets based on human intelligence and creativity and are manifested by an intellectual thinking system. These rights guarantee the owner of the idea the right to do what individual wants with the original cognitive product for a certain period of time. IPR is an important tool in the dissemination of technology. Especially in terms of dissemination of green technologies, it is beneficial in this sense. However, sometimes, this situation gets in the way of sustainability. Firstly, the concept of sustainability is explained, and then the bioeconomy and green technologies that developed around the concept of a sustainable future are mentioned here. Afterward, the relationship between IPR and sustainability is explained. Finally, the opportunities and drawbacks of the IPR concept are discussed in the context of sustainability.

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    S. Furkan Demirden, Ilgin Kimiz-Gebologlu & Kadir Alptekin

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Demirden, S.F., Kimiz-Gebologlu, I., Alptekin, K., Senyay-Oncel, D. (2023). Importance of Intellectual Property Rights for Building a Sustainable Future. In: Oncel, S.S. (eds) A Sustainable Green Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24942-6_4

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