Patent Cultures - Diversity and Harmonization in Historical Perspective (Hardcover)

This book explores how dissimilar patent systems remain distinctive despite international efforts towards harmonization. The dominant historical account describes harmonization as ever-growing, with familiar milestones such as the Paris Convention (1883), the World Intellectual Property Organization's founding (1967), and the formation of current global institutions of patent governance. Yet throughout the modern period, countries fashioned their own mechanisms for fostering technological invention. Notwithstanding the harmonization project, diversity in patent cultures remains stubbornly persistent. No single comprehensive volume describes the comparative historical development of patent practices. Patent Cultures: Diversity and Harmonization in Historical Perspective seeks to fill this gap. Tracing national patenting from imperial expansion in the early nineteenth century to our time, this work asks fundamental questions about the limits of globalization, innovation's cultural dimension, and how historical context shapes patent policy. It is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the contested role of patents in the modern world.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
Release date:	March 2020
Editors:	Graeme Gooday • Steven Wilf
Dimensions:	236 x 158 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	390
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-47576-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Macroeconomics > Monetary economics Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Private, property, family law > Personal property law > Intellectual property, copyright & patents Promotions
LSN:	1-108-47576-0
Barcode:	9781108475761

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