Funded by the Academy of Finland, Constitutional Hedges of Intellectual Property is a four-year research project, led by a research group based at the University of Turku and assisted by a number of international collaborators.
The project aims to provide integrative analysis of how intellectual property (IP) is protected through constitutional measures, based on:
- Human rights law, particularly protection of property ownership;
- Investment treaties; and
- Certain constitutional-type provisions of trade and IP treaties and EU IP instruments.
The project intends to answer three related research questions:
- How the integrated framework for the constitutional protection of IP operates;
- What kind of effects this assemblage of global and regional norms has on future legal reforms and implementations of law affecting IP in EU and selected developing countries; and
- Whether the discourses on new constitutionalism appear accurate after analysing the IP contexts.
Expert workshop
On 25 and 26 May 2017, an expert workshop held at the University of Sussex brought together the research group based at the University of Turku and its international collaborators.
The workshop introduced and discussed the participants' research related to the project, developed the theme and research agendas of the project through discussions, and cemented future forms and areas of activity and collaboration.
Further information
More information about the project can be found on the Constitutional Hedges of Intellectual Property website.