TY - BOOK AU - Duncan,Louise J. TI - The Role of Theoretical Debate in the Evolution of National and International Patent Protection: From the French Revolution to the Paris Convention of 1883 T2 - Legal History Library SN - 9789004470125 AV - K1505 U1 - 346.404/86 23 PY - 2021/// CY - Leiden; , Boston PB - Brill | Nijhoff KW - Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property KW - (1883 March 20) KW - Patent laws and legislation KW - Europe KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Patents (International law) N1 - Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Monash University, 1997) issued under title: From privileges to the Paris Convention : the role of theoretical debate in the evolution of national and international patent protection; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- France- development of legal and philosophical ideas underlying the patent system : 1790 to 1859 -- United Kingdom : development of ideas and concepts about the theoretical basis of the patent system : 1790-1852 -- United Kingdom : development of ideas and concepts about the theoretical basis of the patent system : 1853-1872 -- Overview of patent abolition debates : France, the Netherlands and Prussia 1860s and 1870s -- Stepping into the international arena -- Springtime in Paris -- The logical conclusion -- Conclusion : linking the past, present and future N2 - This volume offers new insight into key developments in the history of protection for patent rights during the period 1791-1883. The author presents a detailed examination of the underlying theoretical bases advanced for the protection of patents in various key European countries, and including new material focusing on the political rhetoric of protagonists and opponents of the patent system during the course of the patent abolitionist debates of the 1860s and 1870s. Finally, the book examines in detail the factors which prompted the movement towards international protection of patents, culminating in the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of 1883 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004470125 ER -