Research Handbook on Human Rights and Intellectual Property

Edited by Christophe Geiger, Full Professor of Law and Director of the Innovation Law and Ethics Observatory (ILEO), Luiss University, Italy

'This remarkable book covers the impact of human rights on intellectual property law in the most comprehensive review ever undertaken. It is destined to influence the future development of this field and constitutes an essential resource for both scholars and practitioners.’

• Contents:ForewordCatherine TrautmannIntroductionChristophe Geiger1. Mapping the Interface Between Human Rights and Intellectual PropertyLaurence R. HelferPART I LEGAL REALITY BEHIND HUMAN RIGHTS2. Human Rights and Balancing: The Principle of ProportionalityJonas Christoffersen 3. Interaction Between Human Rights: Are All Human Rights Equal?Peggy Ducoulombier4. Interaction Between International Human Rights Law and the European Legal FrameworkRhona Smith5. Overlaps and Conflict Norms in Human Rights Law: Approaches of European Courts to Address Intersections with Intellectual Property RightsHenning Grosse Ruse-Khan 6. Human Rights and Philosophical Foundations of Intellectual PropertyDaniel GervaisPART II HUMAN RIGHTS’ IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYSection 1: Human Rights’ Implications for Intellectual Property Legislation7. The Constitutionalization of the European Legal Order: Impact of Human Rights on Intellectual Property In The EUTuomas Mylly 8. The Fundamental Right to (Intellectual) Property and the Discretion of the LegislatureAlexander Peukert 9. Human Rights and International Intellectual Property Law Hannu Wager and Jayashree Watal 10. Human Rights and Intellectual Property Law at the Bilateral and Multilateral Levels: Substantive and Operational AspectsXavier Seuba 11. Mitigating the Impact of Intellectual Property in Developing Countries Through the Implementation of Human RightsCarlos Correa Section 2: Impact of Human Rights on Decisions of Courts and Intellectual Property Offices12. Intellectual Property in Decisions of National Constitutional Courts in EuropeThomas Dreier and Marco Ganzhorn13. Intellectual Property in Decisions of Constitutional Courts of Latin American CountriesDenis Borges Barbosa and Charlene de Ávila Plaza14. Human Rights and Intellectual Property in the United States: The Role of US Courts in Striking a Fine Balance Between Competing PoliciesToshiko Takenaka and Linda Falcon 15. Fundamental Rights in the Practice of the European Trade Mark and Designs Office (OHIM)Philipp Von Kapff 16. Human Rights in the Case Law of the EPO Boards of AppealAgnieszka KupzokPART III PRACTICAL INTERACTION BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYSection 1: Civil and Political Rights and Intellectual Property17. Freedom of Expression and the Right to Information: Implications for CopyrightDirk Voorhoof18. Free Signs and Free Use: How to Offer Room for Freedom of Expression Within the Trademark SystemMartin Senftleben 19. Free Speech and Other Human Rights in ICANN’s New Generic Top Level Domain Process: Debating Top-Down Versus Bottom-Up ProtectionsJacqueline D. Lipton 20. Intellectual Property and Human Rights: Reputation, Integrity and the Advent of Corporate Personality Rights Guido Westkamp 21. Freedom to Conduct a Business, Competition and Intellectual PropertyGustavo Ghidini and Andrea Stazi22. Right to Property and Trade SecretsTanya Aplin 23. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and the Right to a Fair TrialJonathan Griffiths 24. Digital Copyright Enforcement Measures and their Human Rights ThreatsPeter K. Yu Section 2: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Intellectual Property25. Human Dignity and PatentsAurora Plomer 26. Right to Health and PatentsDuncan Matthews 27. Public Health and Trademarks: Plain Packaging Laws and the TRIPS AgreementJeffrey M. Samuels 28. Right to Food and Intellectual Property Protection for Plant Genetic ResourcesClaudio Chiarolla29. Geographical Indications and Cultural Rights: The Intangible Cultural Heritage Connection?Dev S. Gangjee 30. Right to Culture and Copyright: Participation and AccessCaterina Sganga31. Human Rights, Persons with Disabilities and CopyrightAbbe Brown and Charlotte Waelde Section 3: Collective Rights and Intellectual Property32. The Right to Development: What Implications for the Multilateral Intellectual Property Framework?Ahmed Abdel-Latif 33. Using Intellectual Property Rules to Support the Self-Determination Goals of Indigenous PeoplesSusy Frankel 34. Human Rights Perspective on Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property: A View from Island States in the PacificSue Farran PART IV FUTURE PERSPECTIVES FOR THE INTERPLAY OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY? 35. Implementing Intellectual Property Provisions in Human Rights Instruments: Towards a New Social Contract for the Protection of IntangiblesChristophe GeigerIndex