British Patent System during the Industrial Revolution, 1700-1852
Details:
- Author(s) Bottomley, Sean
- Publication type Dissertation, PhD
- Year published 2013
- Publisher University of Cambridge
- Place Published Cambridge
Topics:
- Name Intellectual property inc patents, trade marks, designs & copyright inc management
- Name Innovation, diffusion & invention, inc technology & products
- 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:
See also the writer's 'British Patent System during the Industrial Revolution, 1700-1852. From privilege to property', Cambridge, 2014. Provides a 'fundamental reassessment' of the contribution of patenting to the Industrial Revolution. Structured in two parts: 1] analyses institutional aspects of patenting - process, enforcement, etc; 2] argues that the system was an important contributory factor to technological development in British industrialisation - high returns from working a patent, promoted diffusion by discouraging secret working, etc