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.'
- Jerome H. Reichman, Duke University School of Law, US

'Professor Geiger has assembled an extraordinary group of leading legal scholars, human rights lawyers, judges, and international civil servants to provide comprehensive, up-to-the-minute coverage of all the major issues implicated by the interaction between human rights and intellectual property. This volume will be required reading for anyone interested in this increasingly important topic.'
- Beebe Barton, New York University School of Law, US

'Intellectual property law draws boundaries around human creativity. In doing so it intersects with the principles and values of the human rights tradition. In this remarkable volume, Professor Christophe Geiger has brought together a great team of scholars to explore this intersection. The result is a Research Handbook that is comprehensive in its coverage of jurisdictions, issues and debates. It is an indispensable starting point for researchers wishing to understand the field and its many topics.'
- Peter Drahos, Australian National University and Queen Mary University of London, UK

Research Handbook on Human Rights and Intellectual Property is a comprehensive reference work on the intersection of human rights and intellectual property law. Resulting from a field-specific expertise of over 40 scholars and professionals of world renown, the book explores the practical and doctrinal implications of human rights considerations on intellectual property law and jurisprudence.

The various chapters of the book scrutinize issues related to interactions among and between norms of different legal families and the role of human rights in the development of a balanced intellectual property legal framework. The innovative approach of the book is reflected in its structure: the first part provides a foundation for the human rights and intellectual property discourse; the second sheds light on the human rights implications for the development of intellectual property; and the third (characterized by a human rights perspective) is devoted to the specific issues of interaction between human rights and intellectual property.

Exploring in depth a variety of interactions between human rights and intellectual property law, the book will be of great interest to academics and experts working within human rights, intellectual property, development, international relations and international public law.

Contributors include: A. Abdel-Latif, T. Aplin, C. Avila Plaza, D.B. Barbosa, A.Brown, C. Chiarolla, J. Christoffersen, C.M. Correa, T. Dreier, P. Ducoulombier, L.Falcon, S. Farran, S. Frankel, D. Gangjee, M. Ganzhorn, C. Geiger, D. Gervais, G. Ghidini, J. Griffiths, H. Grosse Ruse-Khan, L.R. Helfer, P. von Kapff, A. Kupzok, J.D. Lipton, D. Matthews, T. Mylly, A. Peukert, A. Plomer, J.M. Samuels, M. Senftleben, X. Seuba, C. Sganga, R. Smith, A. Stazi, T. Takenaka, C. Trautmann, D. Voorhoof, C. Waelde, H. Wager, J. Watal, G. Westkamp, P.K. Yu

About the Author
Edited by Christophe Geiger, Professor of Law, Luiss University, Italy

Reviews
'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.' -- Jerome H. Reichman, Duke University, School of Law, US
'Professor Geiger has assembled an extraordinary group of leading legal scholars, human rights lawyers, judges, and international civil servants to provide comprehensive, up-to-the-minute coverage of all the major issues implicated by the interaction between human rights and intellectual property. This volume will be required reading for anyone interested in this increasingly important topic.' -- Beebe Barton, New York University, School of Law, US
'As he has done throughout his career in edited books, Christophe Geiger - Europe's leading scholar in this interdisciplinary area - has once again collected a splendid set of authors and inveigled them to produce one of the most definitive compendia of essays on human rights and intellectual property. The discourse set out in this tome is magnificently wide and thought-provoking. There is much within the 35 chapters to stimulate readers of all persuasions and specialisms, be it development theories, corporate rights, international diplomacy or general philosophical trends.' -- Uma Suthersanen, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, UK
'Human rights and intellectual property have travelled on separate avenues for too long, hardly interacting, and dealt with by separate communities. Yet, life does not make artificial distinctions of that kind. It confronts us with complex problems, interfacing intellectual property and human rights, both substantive and procedural. This Handbook proves the point. It offers an impressive and comprehensive account of such interface in domestic, European and global law, expounding foundations and jurisprudence. It makes an important and most welcome contribution to the discourse on trade, investment and human rights and the quest to find a proper balance. It offers new insights and is essential reading to all interested in exploring the complex relationship of human rights and intellectual property in legal practice and academic research' -- Thomas Cottier, University of Bern, Switzerland
'Intellectual property law draws boundaries around human creativity. In doing so it intersects with the principles and values of the human rights tradition. In this remarkable volume, Professor Christophe Geiger has brought together a great team of scholars to explore this intersection. The result is a Research Handbook that is comprehensive in its coverage of jurisdictions, issues and debates. It is an indispensable starting point for researchers wishing to understand the field and its many topics.' -- Peter Drahos, Australian National University and Queen Mary University of London, UK
'Offering both depth and breadth of coverage on this important subject (which certainly impacts on other areas of law) this book will make a welcome contribution to the body of scholarship on both intellectual property and human rights issues worldwide. In a globalized economy, it will almost undoubtedly emerge as required reading for practitioners and researchers on both sides of the Atlantic.' -- The Barrister Magazine



Book Information
ISBN 9781786433411
Author Christophe Geiger
Format Paperback
Page Count 752
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd