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Who gets to control culture, knowledge, and innovation? From patents over Indigenous traditional knowledge to appropriation of LGBTQ+ symbols, and copyright over translated fan works, intellectual property law sits at the heart of struggles over power, identity, and belonging. Yet these intersections have too often remained underexplored in intellectual property scholarship.
This book brings diverse voices to the centre of intellectual property discourse by re-reading copyright, trade marks and patents through the perspectives of historically marginalised communities, and applying interdisciplinary methodologies. It shows how these communities and perspectives can help in re-imaging creativity, innovation, and culture.
Key features include:
• Clear, accessible explanations of core IP concepts alongside critical analytical tools.
• Interdisciplinary approaches that expose the power dynamics embedded in intellectual property.
• Extensive engagement with scholarship and voices often overlooked in the field.
Bold, accessible, and analytically rigorous, this book equips readers to understand IP law not only as a technical regime but as a terrain of cultural politics and social justice.
Caoimhe Ring, Lecturer at the University of Bristol Law School
Eden Sarid, Lecturer at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London
1. Giving a Platform to Diverse Voices in Intellectual Property Law – Caoimhe Ring and Eden Sarid
Part I: Intellectual Property Law’s Creators
2. Equal Rights, Unequal Rewards? An Empirical Analysis of Diversity in Copyright Markets – Arthur Ehlinger, Martin Kretschmer and Amy Thomas
3. Rights-Rich, Remedy Poor: An Account of IP, Copying and Enforcement Mechanisms Through the Voices of UK Emerging Fashion Designers and Enforcement in the Stratified Field of Fashion – Tania Phipps-Rufus
4. Selling Fandom Back to Itself: The Case of English-Language Danmei Publishing – Yin Harn Lee
Part II: Intellectual Property’s Subjects: Contested Boundaries
5. Intellectual Property Rights for Indigenous Peoples: A Long and Winding Road – Graham Dutfield
6. Indigenous Knowledge and the Public Domain – Jocelyn Bosse
7. The Parody Exception in Copyright Law: A Forum for Cultural Dialogues? Harmonisation – Adela (Zhixuan) Wang
Part III: Reimagining Intellectual Property
8. Pleasure Patents in Europe – Darren Smyth
9. Can Trade Mark Law Prevent Diversity Hijacking? – Luminita Olteanu
10. Humanity of Songs: A Feminist Reconstruction of Performers’ Rights – Metka Potočnik
11. AI and Copyright Law: Who Lobbies for the Public Domain? – Alina Trapova