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Intellectual Property and Religion: Cross-Cultural Intersections of Faith and Law

Edited by: Enrico Bonadio, Bryan Khan, Nicola Lucchi

ISBN13: 9781509988211
To be Published: August 2026
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Hardback
Price: £140.00





This groundbreaking book explores the dynamic intersections between religion as a cultural-theological construct and intellectual property as the legal framework governing creativity and innovation.

Featuring contributions from over 30 leading scholars, the book examines how IP law regulates religious subject matter-sacred symbols, texts, music-and how religious traditions shape and are shaped by contemporary issues in IP law. From Islamic perspectives on trademark law to Jewish analyses of copyright and Confucian views on IP law, the book provides a multicultural lens on the interplay between faith, law, and commerce.

A critical resource for IP scholars, ethnographers, theologians, and policymakers, this book offers fresh insights into the global and interdisciplinary dimensions of intellectual property, enriching both academic discourse and practice.

Subjects:
Intellectual Property Law
Contents:
1. Setting the Scene: Tracing the Sacred in Intellectual Property Law
Enrico Bonadio (City University of London, UK), Nicola Lucchi (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain) and Bryan Khan (University of Turin, Italy)

Part I: Treatment of Religious Subject Matter in IP Law
IP Protection of Religious Content
2. Interactions between Religion, Copyright, and Trademark Law
David Simon (North Eastern University School of Law, USA)
3. Patent Law: Religious Foundations of Public Order and Morality Exclusions
Nicola Lucchi (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
4. Religious Knowledge as Trade Secret Subject Matter
Bryan Khan (University of Turin, Italy)
5. Works of Art in Christianity: Between an Open-access-based Model and Copyright
Cristiana Sappa (IÉSEG School of Management, France)

Linkages Between IP & Philosophical Theology
6. The Function of Trademarks as a Religious Concept
Katya Assaf-Zakharov (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
7. The Virtues of Belief in Intellectual Property
Patrick Goold (City University of London, UK)
8. Intellectual Property Social Justice (IP-SJ) Approach to IP Law
Steven Jamar (Howard University, USA)
9. Intellectual Property Challenges at the Interface of Feminist Philosophies and Theology
Jessica Lay (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

Part II: Perspectives from the Major Abrahamic Religions
10. Broad Christian Themes in Intellectual Property Law
Margo Bagley (Emory University School of Law, USA)
11. A Biblical Basis for Protection of Traditional Knowledge
Ruth Okediji (Harvard Law School, USA)
12. Biblical Foundations for Intellectual Property
Anthony Kokooza (Uganda Christian University)
13. Catholic and Protestant Theology in Intellectual Property
Thomas Berg (University of St Thomas, USA)
14. Jewish Foundations of Intellectual Property
David Nimmer (UCLA School of Law, USA)
15. Diverse Rabbinic Approaches to Intellectual Property Law and Management, Looking Forward
Ruth Soetendorp (Bournemouth University, UK)
16. Copyright and Judaism
Neil Netanel (University of California, USA)
17. Islamic Foundations of Intellectual Property
Noura Almutairi (Kuwait University)
18. Trademarks from an Islamic Standpoint
Althaf Marsoof (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
19. Islam and Patent Law
Tabrez Ebrahim (Lewis and Clark Law School, USA)
20. Responsible AI and Source Attribution: An Islamic Perspective
Ida Madieha bt Abdul Ghani Azmi (International Islamic University Malaysia)

Historical Case Studies
21. Historical Trademarks in the Quaker Community
Andrew Ventimiglia (Illinois State University, USA)
22. Scribes, Church Patronage, and the development of Copyright
Peter Yu (Texas A&M University, USA)
23. The Vatican and Intellectual Property
Enrico Bonadio and Beatrice Russo (City University of London, UK)

Part III: Religious Traditions from India and Asia
24. Hinduism and Intellectual Property
S Gopalakrishnan (Cochin University of Science and Technologyz, India)
25. Sikhism and Intellectual Property
Manveen Singh (Jindal Global Law School, India)
26. Buddhism and Intellectual Property Rights
Pratyush Nath Upreti (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
27. Unfair Competition and Japanese Religious Practices
Ryu Kojima (Kyushu University, Japan)
28. Confucianism and Intellectual Property Law
Nan Zhang (China University of Political Science and Law)

Part IV: Modern Hybridity: Indigenous and Community Spiritual Practices
29. Traditional Spiritual Beliefs of Maori
Jonathan Barrett, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
30. Spiritual Beliefs of Australian Aboriginal People
Michael Blakeney (University of Western Australia)
31. Indigenous American Perspectives on IP
32. Rastafari and IP
Marcus Goffe and Yentyl Williams (Jamaican Intellectual Property Office)
33. Ifa Traditional Knowledge Systems and Yoruba Perspectives on IP
Ayoyemi Lawal (Babcock University, Nigeria)
34. Secularism
Atheism and IP

Conclusion
Enrico Bonadio (City University of London, UK), Nicola Lucchi (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain), and Bryan Khan (University of Turin, Italy)