Human Rights and Intellectual Property Before the European Courts, A Case Commentary on the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights, Elena Izyumenko and Christophe Geiger, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025. IP is often studied in a silo, both in terms of the field of law and its individual associated rights. However, copyright, patents, trade marks, and other IP rights exist in an interconnected legal system, where their protections (or non-protections) can overlap – and even conflict – with interests engaged by other legal disciplines. One such discipline is human rights, where the interplay with IP is rich, varied, yet not frequently appreciated. On one hand, human rights-based claims have led to the limitation or refusal of IP rights; on the other, they have also expanded the scope of IP protections …
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Zoya Yasmine, Human rights and intellectual property at crossroads, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice. Published: 2 June 2026.
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