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Owning ideas : the intellectual origins of American intellectual property, 1790-1909 /

"Owning Ideas is a comprehensive account of the emergence of the concept of intellectual property in the United States during the long nineteenth century. In the modern information era, intellectual property has become a central economic and cultural phenomenon and an important lever for alloca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bracha, Oren
Format: Printed Book
Published: UK, Cambridge, 2016.
Series:Cambridge historical studies in American law and society
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The origins of the American intellectual property regime; 2. The rise and fall of authorship-based copyright; 3. Objects of property: owning intellectual works; 4. Inventors' rights; 5. Owning inventions; Conclusion; Index.