Research Handbook on Intellectual Property Rights and Inclusivity

Edited by Cristiana Sappa, Professor of Business Law, INENTIS Department, IESEG School of Management, Lille, France

‘This is an impressive collection, which brings together a wide range of perspectives on how IP law promotes and complicates achieving “inclusivity”. There is much here of interest to anyone teaching IP law.’

• ContentsList of contributors viiForeword ixIntroduction: Intellectual Property Rights and Inclusivity 1Cristiana SappaPART I THE CONTEXT OF THE CONNECTION BETWEENINCLUSIVITY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY1 Re-thinking intellectual property law’s promise of democratic inclusion 10Sunimal Mendis2 The legal treatment of nationality in the international intellectualproperty legal framework 34Dr Paul Torremans3 Intellectual property, development, and inclusiveness: A post-colonial critique 48Bryan KhanPART II DO IPRS FAVOR INCLUSIVITY OF COMMUNITIES,MINORITIES AND INDIVIDUALS?4 (Dis)favouring disparagement. How the Derogatory Clause intrademark law affects the inclusivity of communities and minoritiesunder US law 75Willajeanne F. McLean5 The use of IPRs in religious communities 94Francesca Benatti6 Potential biases in gender and gender orientation in the granting of UStrademark registrations 119Clare Keonha Shin7 Does copyright ease inclusivity of differently able individuals? 130Caterina Sganga8 Do intellectual property rights affect sports activities? 151Stef van Gompel9 Role of intellectual property rights in an inclusive smart city 179Tomasz Szewc and Szymon Rubisz10 Hostile design protection: Could design law help promote inclusivity inEuropean cities? 196Aline Arenque, Amanda Costa Novaes and Dimitrius Costa11 Towards a more inclusive global public domain 212Maximiliano Marzetti12 Copyright as anti-discrimination 229Diana LiebenauPART III DO IPRS FAVOR INCLUSIVITY OF MICRO, SMES ANDBIG BUSINESS?13 TCES, IPRs protection and business inclusivity: The Sardinian example 249Carla Zuddas and Andrea Cocco14 Access to drugs, patents, and Pandemic crisis: A tale of (non-)inclusivity 266Sven J.R. Bostyn15 Patenting plants, plant variety protection and inclusion of plantbreeders: Is it achievable? 305Sven J.R. Bostyn16 The employee’s right to learn 343Sharon K. Sandeen17 Platforms and copyright in creative industries: A tool for inclusivity? 362Dr Sabine Jacques18 Pluralism, freedom to conduct a business and the current chargingschemes for re-using cultural heritage 382Cristiana Sappa19 PCT and inclusive utility model reform for open innovation 397Dr. Toshiko Takenaka20 From exclusivity to inclusion in the field of standard essential patents:How to make an inclusive entitlement inclusive 417Martin Stierle21 Compulsory licensing of intellectual property 440Enrico Bonadio and Henna Hingorani22 Smart contracts, IPRs, inclusivity 457Irina Buzu23 From public to private enforcement: Inclusivity and copyright law 471Alina Trapova24 Insurance policies on IPRs: How contractual tools can ease inclusivity 485Marjorie Fox