The British Patent System during the Industrial Revolution 1700–1852: From Privilege to Property

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Sean Bottomley

The British Patent System during the Industrial Revolution 1700–1852

From Privilege to Property

Sean Bottomley

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Cambridge University Press
16 October 2014

Legal history; Patents law

Series: Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law

The British Patent System during the Industrial Revolution 1700–1852 presents a fundamental reassessment of the contribution of patenting to British industrialisation during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It shows that despite the absence of legislative reform, the British patent system was continually evolving and responding to the needs of an industrialising economy. Inventors were able to obtain and enforce patent rights with relative ease. This placed Britain in an exceptional position. Until other countries began to enact patent laws in the 1790s, it was the only country where inventors were frequently able to appropriate returns from obtaining intellectual property rights, thus encouraging them to develop the new technology industrialisation required.

By: Sean Bottomley
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 28
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9781107058293
ISBN 10: 1107058295
Series: Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 16 October 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sean Bottomley is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Toulouse School of Economics, Université Toulouse 1. His research interests are the British industrial revolution and the relationship between technological change and economic development.