New insights in patent history: an application of evolutionary theory
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Dent, C. (2018) New insights in patent history: an application of evolutionary theory. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property, 8 (3). pp. 171-190.
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Abstract
Inventions have been protected, in England, by patents since the sixteenth century. The patent system has undergone significant change since that time - in the nineteenth century, major legislative reforms were undertaken in the shadow of an abolitionist movement; and in the twentieth century, the system began to accommodate radical technological developments. This research applies insights from evolutionary theory, allowing a focus on the range of parties involved in the system and an acknowledgement of how these parties have changed as the system and society have developed.
| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
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| Murdoch Affiliation: | School of Law |
| Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Copyright: | © 2018 The Author |
| URI: | http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/41862 |
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