Privatised Law Reform: A History of Patent Law through Private Legislation, 1620-1907.

"In the history of British patent law, the role of Parliament is often side-lined. This is largely due to the raft of failed or timid attempts at patent law reform. Yet there was another way of seeking change. By?the end of the nineteenth century, private legislation had become a mechanism or t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Johnson, Phillip (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Taylor and Francis, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Patent laws and legislation > Great Britain > History.
Law reform > Great Britain > History.
Droit > Réforme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Law reform.
Patent laws and legislation.
Great Britain.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A history of patents
  • Private bill procedure
  • The beginnings
  • The protection of inventions by enactment
  • The non obstante clause and the right to work
  • The restriction and regulation of company patents
  • The specification and its concealment
  • The prolongation of patents
  • The grant of parliamentary rewards : an alternative
  • Restoration and renewal fees
  • Re-dating and priority fights
  • The end of private business.

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