The Democratization of Invention
Subtitle: Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development, 17901920 (NBER Series on Long-Term Factors in Economic Development)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 12, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780521811354
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Patent, Trademark, Copyright; Intellectual Property - Patent; History - General History; United States; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Law; The Americas; Intellectual property; Intellectual Property - General; Legal History; History / United States / 19th Century; History; Patents; United States - General; Intellectual Property - Copyright; Copyright; Economic aspects
First sentence: A belief in the ability of democracy and technology to enhance the common good has defined American society since the founding of the Republic.