The Making of Modern Intellectual Property Law (Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law, Series Number 1) - Softcover

Sherman, Brad; Bently, Lionel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521057132 ISBN 13: 9780521057134

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book is the first detailed historical account of intellectual property law. In part, it examines why intellectual property law with its subcategories of patents, copyright, designs and trade marks took the shape that it did over the course of the nineteenth century. In addition the authors deal with ways in which the law grants property status to intangibles and describe how the law came to create techniques that enabled it to recognize protectable intangibles, and the inescapable problems that have arisen from their use.

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Review

"This book is full of new ideas and methods. As such, it will serve as a model and stimulus for further scholarly inquiry. With penetrating working hypotheses, Sherman and Bently uncover new evidence that puts much conventional wisdom into question." Paul Edward Geller, Copyright Society of the U.S.A. Journal

"Sherman and Bently have made bold and provocative contributions to a topic of central importance and are to be congratulated on the excellence of their work." Business History Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521057132
• ISBN 13: 9780521057134
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 264