Publications
Innovation Law & Ethics Observatory (ILEO) Research Paper Series
The ILEO Research Paper Series, edited by Prof. Christophe Geiger, Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Luiss and Director of ILEO, is a platform to disseminate the research outputs of the Observatory's research team.
ILEO Studies in Innovation Law and Ethics
The ILEO Studies in Innovation Law and Ethics series, edited by Christophe Geiger, represents an exciting collaboration between Edward Elgar Publishing and ILEO. It is a forum for high-quality monographs and edited volumes connected to the work of the Observatory and dedicated to innovative research across the entire spectrum of themes in intellectual property law, innovation law and policy.
The ILEO’s research activities produced the following publications:
2026
C. Geiger and B.J. Jütte (eds.), Enabling Access, Fostering Innovation, Towards a Digital Knowledge Agenda in Europe, Berlin, Verfassungsbooks, 2026.
A. Zielkiewicz, 'Can you Trademark a Vibe?' “The Architecture of Origin: Multisensory Signs and the Limits of EU Trademark Law,” in: Jagiellonian University Journal of IP Law (Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego), 1, 2026, pp. 18–63; ILEO Research Paper Series No. 26-03.
C. Geiger, L. Bossi, F. Di Lazzaro, The Voss and Jensen Parliamentary Reports on Copyright and Generative AI: A Wrong Step in the Right Direction?, in: European Intellectual Property Review 2026/8; ILEO Research Paper Series No. 26-01.
C. Geiger (ed.), Intellectual Property, Ethical Innovation and Sustainability, Edward Elgar, forthcoming 2026.
L. Bossi, Volunteering for the Platforms. How the Fair Remuneration Principle of Authors and Performers May Be Violated by Social Media Terms of Service, in: Computer Law & Security Review, 60, 10624; ILEO Research Paper Series No. 25-04.
C. Geiger, The (Renewed) Relevance of Constitutionalizing Intellectual Property, Why Human Rights are More than Ever Crucial to Shape and Use IP Law, in: P. Torremans (ed), “Intellectual Property and Human Rights”, Kluwer Law International, forthcoming 2026; ILEO Research Paper Series No. 25-08.
C. Geiger, V. Iaia, Is There a Captain at the Helm? The EU Copyright Regulator's Quest in the Generative AI Era, in: ILEO Research Paper Series No. 25-09, forthcoming in 2026.
C. Geiger, V. Iaia, Copyright and Freedom of Artistic Expression, in: I. Stamatoudi, A. Zervaki, M. Shehade (eds), Elgar Encyclopedia of Art and Cultural Heritage Law, Edward Elgar, forthcoming 2026; ILEO Research Paper Series No. 25-03.
C. Geiger, F. Di Lazzaro, Moral Rights, Sustainability and the Use of Generative AI in the field of Research and Education: Unfolding a Complex Relationship, in: E. Arezzo (ed), AI Challenges in Intellectual Property, Competition Law and Corporate Governance, Kluwer Law International, forthcoming 2026.
C. Geiger, Designing an Ethical and Sustainable Intellectual Property System: An Introduction, in: C. Geiger (ed), Intellectual Property, Ethical Innovation and Sustainability, Edward Elgar, forthcoming 2026; ILEO Research Paper Series No. 25-06.
C. Geiger, B.J. Jütte, Designing Digital Constitutionalism: Copyright Exceptions and Limitations as a Regulatory Framework for Media Freedom and the Right to Information Online, in: M. Senftleben et al. (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Media Law and Policy in Europe, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2026.
2025
C. Geiger et al., Enabling Access, Fostering Innovation: Towards a Digital Knowledge Agenda in Europe, in: Verfassungsblog, 2025.
L. Bossi, F. Di Lazzaro, Report on the conference 'Regulating innovation in the digital environment: towards a Digital Knowledge Agenda', in: GRUR Int.; ILEO Research Paper Series No. 25-07.
C. Geiger and B.J. Jütte, Digital Constitutionalism and Copyright: Towards a New Social Contract for the Regulation of Creativity in the Digital Environment, in: O. Pollicino, G. de Gregorio, P. Valcke (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Digital Constitutionalism, Oxford University Press, 2025.
C. Geiger, B.J. Jütte, Copyright, the Right to Research and Open Science: About Time to Connect the Dots, in: E. Bonadio, C. Sganga (eds), A Research Agenda for EU Copyright Law, Edward Elgar, 2025, p. 149 ff.
V. Iaia, The Elephant in the Room of Copyright Originality: Time to Unpack and Harmonize the Essential Requirement of Copyright, in: The Journal of World Intellectual Property, forthcoming 2025.
C. Geiger, F. Schönherr, B.J. Jütte, Limitation-based remuneration rights as a compromise between access and remuneration interests in copyright law: what role for collective rights management?, in: D. Gervais, J.P. Quintais (eds), Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights, Kluwer Law International, 2025, p. 113 ff.
C. Sappa, L. Bossi, Postcards from Italy – The Art of Controlling Images of Cultural Goods Better Than Copyright Could, in: International Review for Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC), 56(2), 2025, p. 320 ff.
P. Mezei, M. Senftleben, C. Sganga, C. Geiger, Opinion of the European Copyright Society on the Scope of the Pastiche Exception in EU Copyright Law (CG and YN v Pelham GmbH and Others, Case C-590/23), in: International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC), 56(2), 2025, p. 381 ff.
F. Di Lazzaro, Sustainable Development Goals and Copyright: a Proposal for Reform in the Field of Education, in: European Intellectual Property Review (EIPR), 47(2), 2025, p. 63 ff.
C. Geiger (ed.), The Interface of Intellectual Property Law with other Legal Disciplines, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.
C. Sganga, C. Geiger, T. Margoni, M. Senftleben, M. van Eechoud, An EU Copyright Framework for Research: Opinion of the European Copyright Society, in: Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Electronic Commerce Law (JIPITEC), 16(2), 2025, p. 312.
E. Izyumenko, C. Geiger, Human Rights and Intellectual Property before the European Courts: A Case Commentary on the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights, Edward Elgar, 2025.
C. Geiger, Regulatory Challenges and Imperatives in the EU for Platform Liability in the field of Copyright: A Fundamental Rights Analysis, in: Analisi Giuridica dell'Economia, 1, 2025, p. 345 ff.; ILEO Research Paper Series No. 25-01.
<p class="text-align-justify">C. Geiger, F. Di Lazzaro, Sustainability as a Guiding Principle for Copyright Reform? Moral Rights Issues concerning the Use of Generative AI in the field of Research and Education, in: Discover Sustainability, 6, 2026, p. 1132; ILEO Research Paper Series No. 25-02.
C. Geiger, S. Scalzini, L. Bossi, Time to (Finally) Reinstall the Author in EU Copyright Law: From Contractual Protection to Remuneration Rights, International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC), 56(10), 2025, ; ILEO Research Paper Series No. 25-05.
2024
V. Iaia, Sustainable originality in copyright law. Creative character, cutting-edge technologies, competition, Giappichelli, 2024.
C. Geiger, V. Iaia, Fashion, Intellectual Property and Freedom of Artistic Expression in the Age of Metaverse and AI: A Digital Constitutionalist Approach, in: European Intellectual Property Review (EIPR), 46(9), 2024, p. 555 ff.
C. Geiger, V. Iaia, Towards an Independent EU Regulator for Copyright Issues of Generative AI: What Role for the AI Office (But More Importantly: What's Next)?, in: Auteurs & Media, 2, 2024, p. 185 ff.
C. Geiger, B.J. Jütte, Copyright as an Access Right: Concretizing Positive Obligations for Rightholders to Ensure the Exercise of User Rights, in: GRUR Int., 73(11), 2024, p. 1019 ff.
C. Geiger, Elaborating a Human Rights-Friendly Copyright Framework for Generative AI, in: International Review for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 2024.
C. Geiger, V. Iaia, The Forgotten Creator: Towards a Statutory Remuneration Right for Machine Learning of Generative AI, in: Computer Law & Security Review, 52, 2024, p. 1 ff.
V. Iaia, Eco-Patents at the Crossroads Between Technological Neutrality and Environmental Sensitivity, in GRUR Int., 74(4), 2024, p. 308 ff.
C. Geiger, When the Robots (try to) Take Over: Of Artificial Intelligence, Authors, Creativity and Copyright Protection, in: F. Thouvenin, A. Peukert, T. Jäger, C. Geiger (eds), Kreation Innovation Märkte - Creation Innovation Markets, Festschrift Reto M. Hilty, Springer, 2024, p. 67 ff.
C. Geiger, G. Frosio, Towards a Digital Constitution: How the Digital Services Act Shapes the Future of Online Governance, in: J. Pedro Quintais (ed.), From the DMCA to the DSA—A Transatlantic Dialogue on Online Platform Regulation and Copyright, Verfassungsbooks, 2024, p. 43 ff.
A. Zielkiewicz, How to Stop the Oversaturation of Trademark Law with Non-Conventional Trademarks. A Plaidoyer for Culturally-Rooted Analysis, in: Jagiellonian University Journal of Intellectual Property Law, 1, 2024, p. 97 ff.
A. Zielkiewicz, Cultural heritage and fetishization of distinctive insignia in the fashion sector, in: A. Del Vecchio (ed), Fashion and Law. Current Issues and New Challenges, McGraw-Hill Publishing, 2024, p. 205 ff.
C. Geiger, V. Iaia, Fashion and Intellectual Property Law: New Challenges in the Digital Environment, in: A. Del Vecchio (ed.), Fashion and Law. Current Issues and New Challenges, McGraw-Hill Publishing, 2024, p. 131 ff.