The democratization of invention : patents and copyrights in American economic development, 1790-1920 /
Khan, B. Zorina.
New York, N.Y. ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The patent system in Europe and America -- Patent laws and litigation -- Democratization and patented inventions -- Women inventors in America -- Patentees and married women's property rights -- Great inventors and democratic invention -- Copyright in Europe and America -- American copyright piracy -- Intellectual property and economic development
Intellectual property
Copyright
Patents
Inventions
Democracy