nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/548c0b27fefa9298 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250425s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/548c0b27fefa9298 doi eng 342 23 Izyumenko, Elena Author aut Balancing Intellectual Property Protection with the Human Right to a Healthy Environment - Internal and External Reconciliation Approaches Izyumenko, Elena Verfassungsblog 2025-04-25 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier This contribution examines the practical ways in which the human right to a healthy environment (HR2HE) can influence the development and interpretation of intellectual property (IP) laws. It focuses on two potential approaches to reconciling this human right with IP: (1) the so-called “internal” reconciliation approach, which essentially uses the HR2HE as an interpretive tool to recalibrate IP law’s own internal rules and mechanisms in a more sustainability-friendly direction, and (2) the “external” reconciliation approach, which views the HR2HE as an independent defence against IP infringement actions that can be invoked in courts to challenge allegations of IP infringement. CC BY-SA 4.0 Intellectual Property Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/balancing-intellectual-property-protection-with-the-human-right-to-a-healthy-environment/ raw object