Figures of invention : a history of modern patent law /
Taking the invention as its object of study, this book develops a new perspective on the making of modern patent law. Focusing on the figures that make inventions material, and on how to overcome the intangibility of ideas, it makes explicit a dimension of patent law that is not commonly found in tr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
| Published: |
Oxford [England] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Taking the invention as its object of study, this book develops a new perspective on the making of modern patent law. Focusing on the figures that make inventions material, and on how to overcome the intangibility of ideas, it makes explicit a dimension of patent law that is not commonly found in traditional commentaries, treatises, and cases. The story is told from the perspective of the material media in which the intangible form of the invention is made visible; namely, models, texts, drawings, and biological specimens. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 212 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191807282 0191807281 |