1) Introduction: Law in Islam, Sources of Law, & Schools of Jurisprudence
2) Formulating a Positive Normative Theory of “Patent” in Islam, + Parallel to Islamic Finance
3) Establishing a Patentable Eligibility Examination Framework in Countries Governed by Sharia
4) Case Study Countries (Oman, Qatar, & Saudi Arabia): Patent Laws & Economic Development
5) Q&A
Roadmap
Fiqh (IslamicJurisprudence)[human understanding ofSharia]
Sunni Shia Ibadi
Hanafi Hanbali Maliki Shafi’i “12ers” Ismai’li
SaudiArabia Qatar
Oman
Primary&SecondarySourcesofLawinIslamQuran
Sunnah
Sharia(Primary&Secondary
SourcesofLaw)
custom
analogy
publicinterest
......
necessity
equity
scholarlyconsensus
continuity
Property
IntellectualProperty
CopyrightLaw
PatentLaw
TrademarkLaw
TradeSecretLaw
PatentEligibility
Post-IssuanceProceedings(AdministrativeLaw)
AnalysisofShariaà ResearchQuestions
Property(classification)
ownership chattel typeofright primary/incidental
usufruct proprietaryjustificationfor“patent”
limitationson“patent”
PropertyClassificationsà LegalTension
Spectrum
commons trespassusufruct
incompleteownership
exclusivity
limitedduration
publicdomain • Roman/Civilianusage
conceptualusage•
Property(classification)
ownership chattel typeofright primary/incidental
usufruct proprietaryjustificationfor“patent”
limitationson“patent”
PropertyTheoryDebate concealmentofknowledge ?profitw/o
effort&labor?idenfiniteness?monopolization?
speculativerisk ?
Hanafi
physicalpossession?
ethics?
ParalleltoIslamicFinance:ProposedShariaBoardasAssessorofPatentEligibility
Financier
Customer
Supplierofgoods
TraditionalMurabaha
immediatepayment
Goods(immediatedelivery)
Goods(immediatedelivery)
DeferredPayment(includesamarkup)
PatentOffice+ShariaBoard
Inventor
Society:PropertyTrustee
JustifyingPatents
immediatetrustee
PatentApplication(immediatedelivery)
Inventions(immediatedelivery)
LifetimeofaPatent
(filingDate+yearsuntilexpiration)
U.S.Patent&TrademarkOffice(USPTO):RevisedPatentEligibilityGuidance
Proposed Examination byaShariaBoard
[NOTinapatentoffice ,NOTbypatent examiners]
Contributions
§ à Property-centric clarification ofusufructs asjustification fortheconstructof“patent” inIslam
• (1)clarificationofusufructs
• (2)recognitionofcommerce,profit,&trade
§ à Application ofclarification towardspatenteligibility
• (3)lesseningofwhatmaybepatenteligibleinbiotechnology(cloning,geneediting,stemcells)&softwareapplications(A.I.,M.L.,predictiveanalytics)
• (4)movepatenteligibilityexaminationtobeadministeredbyaShariaBoard
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