Democratization of Invention - Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development, 1790-1920

Informationen zum Autor B. Zorina Khan is Professor of Economics at Bowdoin College. Her research focuses on the economic history of law, technology, and institutions. She has written articles for journals such as the Journal of Economic History and the American Economic Review. She is on the Editorial board of the Journal of Economic History and is a member of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Klappentext This book examines the evolution and impact of American intellectual property rights during the 'long nineteenth century.' Zusammenfassung This book! first published in 2005! examines the evolution and impact of American intellectual property rights during the 'long nineteenth century'. America is compared to Britain and France! whose institutions reflected their oligarchic origins. The United States created the first modern patent system and its politics were the most liberal world wide toward inventors. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The patent system in Europe and America; 3. Patent laws and litigation; 4. Democratization and patented inventions; 5. Women inventors in America; 6. Patentees and married women's property rights; 7. Great inventors and democratic invention; 8. Copyright in Europe and America; 9. American copyright law; 10. Intellectual property and economic development.

Product details

• Authors: B. Zorina Khan, B. Zorina (Bowdoin College Khan, Khan B. Zorina
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.01.2009
• EAN: 9780521747202
• ISBN: 978-0-521-74720-2
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 18 mm
• Series: NBER Series on Long-Term Facto
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Inventions and inventors, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909