Owning Ideas - The Intellectual Origins of American Intellectual Property, 1790-1909

This book examines the development of the concept of intellectual property in the United States during the nineteenth century.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The origins of the American intellectual property regime; 2. The rise and fall of authorship based copyright; 3. Objects of property: owning intellectual works; 4. Inventors' rights; 5. Owning inventions; Conclusion; Index.

About the author

Oren Bracha is a professor of law at the University of Texas School of Law, Austin. He is one of the leading scholars of the history of Anglo-American intellectual property and has published extensively in the fields of intellectual property law and legal history.

Summary

Owning Ideas explores the history of the emergence of intellectual property in the United States during the nineteenth century, examining the fields of both patent and copyright. It will appeal to readers interested in the concept of ideas as private property, and how it holds a dominant position in modern economic and cultural life.

Product details

• Authors: Oren Bracha, Oren (University of Texas Bracha, Bracha Oren
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2016
• EAN: 9780521877664
• ISBN: 978-0-521-87766-4
• No. of pages: 331
• Series: Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society; Cambridge Historical Studies i; Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History, LAW / Legal History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, LAW / Intellectual Property / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, LAW / Intellectual Property / Copyright, LAW / Intellectual Property / Patent, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, Legal History, United States of America, USA, Copyright Law, History of the Americas, intellectual property law, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Patents law