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Figures of Invention A History of Modern Patent Law

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ISBN-10: 0199595631

ISBN-13: 9780199595631

Edition: 2010

Authors: Alain Pottage, Brad Sherman

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Taking the invention as its object of study, this book develops a radical new perspective on the making of modern patent law. It develops the first extended historical and conceptual exploration of the invention in modern patent law. Focussing primarily on the figures that make inventions material, and on how to overcome the intangibility of ideas, this intellectual challenging book 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. This approach…    
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Book details

List price: $84.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 11/11/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English