James Watt and the Patent System
Details:
- Author(s) Davenport, A Neil
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1989
- Pages 40pp; illus
- Publisher British Library
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Intellectual property inc patents, trade marks, designs & copyright inc management
- Name Legal issues
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Deals with James Watt and the patent system focusing on his involvement in case law regulating the system in order to protect his intellectual property, and on his influence on the development of system. Notably covers infringements of his steam engine patent and his proposals for legal reforms. Sections include: the patent system in Watt's time; his partnership with Roebuck and the 1769 patent; his proposals for patent law reform; his patent litigation; etc