Sale of Intellectual Properties from an Islamic Point of View

Although the right for intellectual property as a branch of legal sciences is absolutely recognized in the world, there is dispute among jurists and lawyers with regard to even some of its primary problems, such as sale of such properties in our country. Surveying some conditions of sale contract which seem controversial at a glance, such as necessity of object of sale being subjective, and explaining various dimensions of such properties, such as possibility of delivery, permanence of ownership, and honors and awards being owned by the creator, the present essay attempts to make a change in the present situation and remove a prevailing mistake regarding necessity of objectivity of the thing sold