The Making of Modern Intellectual Property Law [Hardcover]

This book explores the shape that intellectual property law took over the course of the nineteenth century.This book is the first detailed historical account of intellectual property law. In part, it examines why intellectual property law with its sub-categories of patents, copyright, designs and trade marks took the shape that it did over the course of the nineteenth century. In addition the authors deal with ways in which the law grants property status to intangiblesand describe how the law came to create techniques which enabled it to recognise protectable intangibles, and the inescapable problems that have arisen from their use.This book is the first detailed historical account of intellectual property law. In part, it examines why intellectual property law with its sub-categories of patents, copyright, designs and trade marks took the shape that it did over the course of the nineteenth century. In addition the authors deal with ways in which the law grants property status to intangiblesand describe how the law came to create techniques which enabled it to recognise protectable intangibles, and the inescapable problems that have arisen from their use.This book is the first detailed historical account of intellectual property law. In part, it examines why intellectual property law with its subcategories of patents, copyright, designs and trade marks took the shape that it did over the course of the nineteenth century. In addition the authors deal with ways in which the law grants property status to intangibles and describe how the law came to create techniques that enabled it to recognize protectable intangibles, and the inescapable problems that have arisen from their use.Part I. Towards a Property in Intangibles: 1. Property in mental labour; 2. The mentality of intangible property; Part II. The Emergence of a Modern Intellectual Property Law: 3. Designing the law; 4. Managing the legal boundaries; Part III. Towards an Intellectual Property Law: 5. Crystallizatl#.