Intellectual Property and the Human Rights of Companies in Europe

"This book is the first comprehensive account of the origins and rationale for the grant of human rights to companies in the European Convention on Human Rights and the Court's protection of corporations' intellectual property rights"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The foundations of human rights and property rights; 2. First protocol: drafting history; 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.

About the author

Aurora Plomer is Professor Emeritus of Intellectual Property and Human Rights at the University of Bristol. She has published numerous books and articles in peer-reviewed international journals on the interface between intellectual property, human rights and innovation. The research for this monograph was funded by a Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust (MRF 2019-112).

Summary

This book is the first comprehensive account of the origins and rationale for the grant of human rights to companies in the European Convention on Human Rights and the Court's protection of corporations' intellectual property rights.

Product details

• Authors: Aurora Plomer, Aurora (University of Bristol) Plomer, Plomer Aurora
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2025
• EAN: 9781108841771
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84177-1
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; Europe, LAW / Intellectual Property / General, International business, intellectual property law, Public international law: human rights, International law: intellectual property