Book contents
- Owning Ideas
- Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
- Owning Ideas
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Origins of the American Intellectual Property Regime
- 2 The Rise and Fall of Authorship-Based Copyright
- 3 Objects of Property
- 4 Inventors’ Rights
- 5 Owning Inventions
- Conclusion
- Index
4 - Inventors’ Rights
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 January 2017
- Owning Ideas
- Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
- Owning Ideas
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Origins of the American Intellectual Property Regime
- 2 The Rise and Fall of Authorship-Based Copyright
- 3 Objects of Property
- 4 Inventors’ Rights
- 5 Owning Inventions
- Conclusion
- Index
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- Owning IdeasThe Intellectual Origins of American Intellectual Property, 1790–1909, pp. 188 - 236Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016