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The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Upcycling

Author: Peter Mezei; Heidi Härkönen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781009685108
Published In: June 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Upcycling is an emerging green business model that involves transforming broken, old, useless or worn-out products into new items. Despite its importance to the circular economy, upcycling involves certain risks relating to intellectual property (IP) law. This research handbook analyses the meaning and promise of upcycling in a circular economy, as well as the fundamental conceptual elements of this phenomenon. It provides a systematic collection of chapters on the potential relevance of upcycling in all major areas of IP law. It also takes a geographical approach, including six chapters that primarily cover the policy considerations of upcycling on all inhabited continents. Furthermore, it addresses fields of science with either indirect or loose connections to IP and upcycling, such as economic, psychological, and social justice issues. The book supports upcycling at doctrinal, practical, and policy levels, and suggests measures to align the IP system with the objectives of the circular economy.

Part I. Doctrine and Policy of Upcycling:

1. A primer to intellectual property law and upcycling

Péter Mezei and Heidi Härkönen

2. Is there a fundamental right to upcycling? An analytical approach

Daniël Jongsma

Part II. Upcycling in Various Fields of IP Law:

3. Upcycling, sustainable creativity and sustainable lifespan: a model for assessing copyright infringements

Taina Pihlajarinne

4. Upcycling as a design strategy in light of European design protection

Dana Beldiman, Stina Teilmann-Lock and Anna Tischner

5. Trademark law and upcycling: tailoring 'Old-Fashioned' principles

Bernardo Calabrese

6. Upcycling and patents: finding the contours for social innovation and sustainability

Neethu Rajam and Daniel Acquah

7. Copyright misuse and upcycling

John T. Cross

8. Marketing of upcycled products from a perspective of European and German unfair competition law

Jochen Glöckner and Sarah Legner

9. Traditional knowledge and upcycling

Pablo Fernández Carballo-Calero

10. Craft geographical indications and the challenge of upcycling products

Pilar Montero García-Noblejas

Part III. Territorial Policies:

11. The African policy approach to upcycling

Daniel Acquah, Neethu Rajam and Ama Opuku Acquah

12. Determining the case of fashion upcycling in Asia: infringement or exception to intellectual property

Gunjan Chawla Arora and Tianxiang He

13. Fashion Upcycling: the problem of overlapping intellectual property rights and how to solve it

Martin Senftleben

14. Upcycling and renewal

Shubha Ghosh

15. Upcycling down under: innovation, renovation and intellectual property rights in the Pacific region

Jennifer Campion

16. Can the current IP system foster upcycling in Latin America?

Juan I. Correa and Nicolás Martín Hermida

Part IV. Zooming Out: A Broader Picture on Upcycling:

17. Just my reimagination, just your intellectual property

Sabine Jacques

18. A conceptual map of the right to repair: where upcycling fits in

Anthony D. Rosborough

19. Interpreting the destruction of goods as a corrective measure for patent infringement to foster sustainability

Mikko Kaunisvaara, Rosa Ballardini and Emmanuel Salami

20. Laying competition to waste: the economics of resale, recycling, and upcycling

Joost Poort

21. Behavioural science of upcycling

Jarno Tuominen

22. Empirical perspective: upcycling with branded material through the eyes of consumers

Katarzyna Stasiuk, Anna Tischner, Stina Teilmann-Lock and Dana Beldiman

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