A new initiative spearheaded by IBM, Nokia, Pitney Bowes and Sony will give companies a way to “donate†patents relating to cleantech or environmental science for use by entrepreneurs, governments and researchers, starting with a seed fund of some 30 patents shared by the four companies…. http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/14/new-eco-patent-commons-aims-to-open-source-cleantech/ http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=2016