Book contents
- Intellectual Property and the Human Rights of Companies in Europe
- Intellectual Property and the Human Rights of Companies in Europe
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cited Cases
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Foundations of Human Rights and Property Rights
- 2 First Protocol
- 3 Legal Persons and Legal Fictions
- 4 Intellectual Property as Fictitious Possessions
- 5 Companies as Victims of Violations of A1P1
- 6 Intellectual Property Rights in the Balance
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2025
Book contents
- Intellectual Property and the Human Rights of Companies in Europe
- Intellectual Property and the Human Rights of Companies in Europe
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cited Cases
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Foundations of Human Rights and Property Rights
- 2 First Protocol
- 3 Legal Persons and Legal Fictions
- 4 Intellectual Property as Fictitious Possessions
- 5 Companies as Victims of Violations of A1P1
- 6 Intellectual Property Rights in the Balance
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This book is based on a research project funded by the Leverhulme Trust on Intellectual Property and the human rights of corporations in Europe. The aim of the project was to investigate the history and rationale for the paradoxical extension of human rights to companies in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and to analyse the Court’s jurisprudence on protection of companies’ intellectual property in this light. The book investigates the history and rationale for the extension of human rights to’legal persons’ in the First Protocol to the ECHR (A1P1)and how the right to ’enjoyment of possessions’ has been applied by the Court to intellectual property rights (IPRs).To answer these questions, the methodology adopted in this study involves a combination of historical, theoretical, and comparative legal analysis.
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