Patent System and Inventive Activity during the Industrial Revolution, 1750-1852
Details:
- Author(s) Dutton, Harold I
- Publication type Dissertation, PhD
- Year published 1981
- Publisher London School of Economics
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Intellectual property inc patents, trade marks, designs & copyright inc management
- Name Legal issues
- Name Knowledge inc transmission/networks
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Library:
- Name British Library of Political & Economic Science
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode WC2A 2HD
- Visit British Library of Political & Economic Science's website
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Notes:
See the writer's 'Patent System and Inventive Activity during the Industrial Revolution, 1750-1852', Manchester University Press, 1984. Examines the nature of the patent system, notably its institutional framework. Structured in three parts: 1] the volume and direction of patent activity; 2] the patent institution and its effectiveness; 3] the importance of patent protection for inventors and the users of inventive output. Chapters include coverage of patent law and courts; patent agents; investment in patents; trade in inventions; etc