ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Elena Izyumenko

Elena Izyumenko is an Assistant Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the University of Amsterdam’s Institute for Information Law (IViR). With a background as a lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights, she specializes in the intersection of intellectual property protection and human rights law.

POSTS BY Elena Izyumenko

03 April 2025

Elena Izyumenko

Intellectual Property and the Human Right to a Healthy Environment

With the effects of climate change escalating, there has been a notable increase in discussions about the, at first glance, not obvious impact of IP protection on environmental sustainability. At the same time, considerations of human and fundamental rights in the context of IP protection are increasingly shaping the legal discourse. Given these two major trends in IP law – growing attention to environmental sustainability as well as to human and fundamental rights – it seems that the time is ripe to explore what the human right to a healthy environment might mean for IP. Continue reading >>