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010    2019038200 
020    9781108475761|q(hardback) 
020    9781108468886|q(paperback) 
020    |z9781108654333|q(epub) 
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050 00 K1505|b.P373 2022 
245 00 Patent cultures :|bdiversity and harmonization in 
       historical perspective /|c[edited by] Graeme Gooday, 
       Steven Wilf. 
260    Cambridge, United Kingdom ;|aNew York, NY :|bCambridge 
       University Press,|c2023. 
300    xvi, 362 p ,|c24 cm. 
490 0  Cambridge intellectual property and information law 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520    "This book explores how dissimilar patent systems remain 
       distinctive despite international efforts towards 
       harmonization. The dominant historical account describes 
       harmonization as ever-growing, with familiar milestones 
       such as the Paris Convention (1883), the World 
       Intellectual Property Organization's founding (1967), and 
       the formation of current global institutions of patent 
       governance. Yet throughout the modern period, countries 
       fashioned their own mechanisms for fostering technological
       invention. Notwithstanding the harmonization project, 
       diversity in patent cultures remains stubbornly 
       persistent. No single comprehensive volume describes the 
       comparative historical development of patent practices. 
       Patent Cultures: Diversity and Harmonization in Historical
       Perspective seeks to fill this gap. Tracing national 
       patenting from imperial expansion in the early nineteenth 
       century to our time, this work asks fundamental questions 
       about the limits of globalization, innovation's cultural 
       dimension, and how historical context shapes patent 
       policy. It is essential reading for anyone seeking to 
       understand the contested role of patents in the modern 
       world"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Patent laws and legislation 
650  0 Intellectual property 
700 1  Gooday, Graeme,|eeditor 
700 1  Wilf, Steven Robert,|eeditor