#7 Circular Economy and Intellectual Property

In a perfect circular system, waste almost doesn’t exist. But our intellectual property (IP) laws were not built for this circular world. IP: patents, copyrights, trademarks, designs were created to reward new inventions by helping companies sell new products. This works well in a linear economy, but it clashes with a world that needs repair and reuse. So, how does the circular economy connect to IP rights? How can IP either boost circular ideas like repair and reuse, or block them and keep us stuck in the old “take–make–throw away” system.

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