PJIR | Pakistan Journal of Islamic Research - Multan

پاکستان جرنل آف اسلامک ریسرچ

BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY, MULTAN, PAKISTAN
ISSN (print): 2070-0326
ISSN (online): 2618-0820

Sharīʼah Analysis of Theoretical Justification for Pharmaceutical Patent Protection; A Comparative Study of Western Thoughts with Islamic Law

  • Muhammad Danyal Khan/
  • Rais Nouman Ahmed/
  • June 30, 2022
Keywords
Sharīʼah, Intellectual Property Law, TRIPS Agreement, Public Interest, Theory.
Abstract

More than 2 billion people do not have access to life saving medicines after advent of global intellectual property rights protection of patents under The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) 1994. Plight for availability of innovative scientific products is same in agriculture, genetics, arts, information technology, and other fields of science and technology. WTO, founding organisation of the agreement, justify it on various legal and theoretical grounds.  Dispute Resolution System of WTO has repeatedly, decided priority of trade rights over public interest. Theoretical and legal literature on this topic stems from Western authors and a little is available from Sharīʼah perspective on protection of human life, religion, property, and race. Moreover, almost all Muslim countries are signatories to TRIPS Agreement without sufficient Sharīʼah reflections on intellectual property rights framework. This paper aims at presenting Sharīʼah theorisation of intellectual property rights.

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Author(s):

Assistant Professor, University Gillani Law College, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan.

Pakistan

Assistant Professor, University Gillani Law College, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan.

Pakistan

  • raisnouman@hotmail.co.uk
  • 03444455169

Details:

Type: Article
Volume: 23
Issue: 1
Language: English
Id: 62bec5d9a8b23
Pages 49 - 58
Discipline: Arts & Humanities
Published June 30, 2022

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