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Geiger, Christophe --- "Introduction" [2015] ELECD 292; in Geiger, Christophe (ed), "Research Handbook on Human Rights and Intellectual Property" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015) 1

Book Title: Research Handbook on Human Rights and Intellectual Property

Editor(s): Geiger, Christophe

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783472413

Section Title: Introduction

Author(s): Geiger, Christophe

Number of pages: 5

Extract:

Introduction
Christophe Geiger



In the last decades, the role of human rights in the European and international legal
orders has very significantly increased, leading to what has been sometimes called the
`constitutionalization' of the entire legal system.1 In the European Union, significant
developments such as the entering into force of the Treaty of Lisbon2 placed human
rights and fundamental freedoms at the very top of the hierarchy of norms;3 since then,
there has been a considerable rise in the use of human rights arguments in the decisions
of the Court of Justice of the European Union,4 and the imminent accession of the



1
For further discussion, see T. Mylly, `The constitutionalization of the European legal
order: Impact of human rights on intellectual property in the EU', in this volume; C. Geiger,
`"Constitutionalising" intellectual property law?, The influence of fundamental rights on
intellectual property in Europe', 37(4) IIC 371 (2006).
2
European Union, Treaty of Lisbon Amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty
Establishing the European Community, 13 December 2007, OJ 2007/C 306/01 of 17 December
2007.
3
On the consequence for intellectual property, see C. Geiger, `Intellectual "property" after
the Treaty of Lisbon, towards a different approach in the new European legal order?', 32(6)
EIPR 255 (2010); `The construction of intellectual property in the European Union: searching
for coherence', in: C. Geiger (ed.), Constructing European Intellectual Property: Achievements
and New Perspectives (EIPIN Series, Vol. 1, Cheltenham, UK/ Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar,
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