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The battle over patents : history and the politics of innovation / edited by Stephen Haber and Naomi R. Lamoreaux.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Patents--History.
- Patents.
- Patents--Economic aspects.
- Intellectual property--Political aspects.
- Intellectual property.
- Patent laws and legislation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (393 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- 'The Battle over Patents' traces the long and contentious history of patents, examining how they have worked in practice. The essays in this volume, written by leading social scientists, historians, and legal academics, explore the shortcomings of imperfect patent systems and explain why, despite all the debate, historically US-style patent systems still dominate all other methods of encouraging inventive activity.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 8, 2021).
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-757618-4
- 0-19-757619-2
- 0-19-757617-6
- OCLC:
- 1262373930
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