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Intellectual Property, Ethical Innovation and Sustainability: Towards a New Social Contract for the Digital Economy?

Author: Christophe Geiger
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781035367764
Published In: June 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This forward-looking book examines how growing concerns for the environment, technological advancements and sustainable development are impacting intellectual property (IP) law. Expert contributors explore how IP law and enforcement must be applied to new innovations in order to balance economic and social interests in the IP system.

Authors conceptualize the relationship between IP, sustainability and ethics, considering innovations derived from historical knowledge as well as a coherent framework for IP development in competition policy. The topic is assessed in the context of digital advancements such as AI, scrutinising the ethics of copyright protection and the right to research. Case studies from across the globe analyse, among others, sustainable patent practices in Japan, the use of inter- and intra-regional agreements in Latin America and sustainable innovation in the EU craft sector. The authors investigate how current IP rights can be reconciled with ethical and sustainability imperatives in different economic sectors, including agriculture, food production, oil and gas.

Intellectual Property, Ethical Innovation and SustainabilityM is a valuable resource for scholars and students of intellectual property and environmental law. It is also highly beneficial for legal policymakers and practitioners interested in ethical innovation, sustainability and the digital economy.

Introduction to Intellectual Property, Ethical Innovation and Sustainability 1

Christophe Geiger

PART I CONCEPTUALIZING THE RELATIONSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, ETHICS AND

SUSTAINABILITY

International intellectual property, innovation, technology transfer and sustainable development 12

Susy Frankel

A conceptual mapping on intellectual property law and sustainability 26

Giulia Priora and Amanda Costa Novaes

(Re)discovering new innovations derived from historical knowledge: fostering the responsible and ethical development of sustainable innovations 38

Helen Yu

IP, sustainability and competition policy: looking for a coherent framework 51

Nicola M.F. Faraone

An institutional perspective on the alignment of IP frameworks with economic sustainability through inter- and

intra-regional agreements in Latin America 73

Suelen Carls and Mohamed Amal

PART II EXPLORING DIGITAL ETHICS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE RIGHT TO RESEARCH:

TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE IP?

Artificial intelligence, intellectual property, and sustainable development 89

Peter K. Yu

AI ethics and creators’ feelings: extended personality rights as (property) rights to object 103

Guido Westkamp

Irini Stamatoudi

10.

Locating the creativity machine and mapping the contours of a new social contract with technology 130

Paulius Jurcys, Mark Fenwick, Vytautas Mizaras and Davey

Whitcraft

11.

The unsustainable patchwork of research exceptions in European copyright law: insights from the I-REx index 148

Konrad Gliściński

12.

Ethical aspects and intellectual property compliance 168

Padmavati Manchikanti

13.

Mando Rachovitsa and Marina Markellou

PART III APPROXIMATING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WITH ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY IMPERATIVES WITHIN THE VARIOUS IP RIGHTS

14.

Relying on sustainability logos: the role of brand trust in motivating consumers’ reliance on certification marks 195

Alexandra Mogyoros

15.

Trademark liability in online marketplaces: balancing IP and digital norms, social freedoms or goals 209

Agnieszka Sztoldman

16.

Toward sustainable patent practices in Japan: unlocking patent exhaustion in the digital age 222

Weiyu Zhang

17.

Sustainable designs 236

Leanne Wiseman and Tyrone Berger

PART IV RECONCILING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WITH ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY IMPERATIVES WITHIN DIFFERENT ECONOMIC SECTORS

18.

Distinctive signs and agricultural sustainability 247

Hsiao-Fen Hsu

19.

Is the use of trade secrets in oil and gas extraction ethical and sustainable? 261

Cristiana Sappa

20.

Food traceability and sustainability: IP rights and regulatory technology 277

Andrea Stazi

21.

Unsustainability in the EU: an analysis from the perspective of intellectual property law in the agri-food sector 292

Juan Antonio Vives-Vallés

22.

Ethical and sustainable innovation in the EU craft sector: changes in GI regulation and impact in practice 309

Vishv Priya Kohli

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