Privatised Law Reform: A History of Patent Law Through Private Legislation, 1620-1907: A History of Patent Law Through Private Legislation, 1620-1907

ISBN-13: 9781138565555 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 208 str.

Phillip Johnson

Opis

In the history of British patent law, the role of Parliament is often side-lined. This is largely due to the raft of failed or timid attempts at patent law reform. This book addresses this shortfall and examines how private legislation played an important role in the birth of modern patent law.

O autorze

Phillip Johnson is the Professor of Commercial Law at Cardiff University. His research interests include patent law, public law, and legal history. His publications include a leading practitioner text, the Modern Law of Patents (LexisNexis), and Parliament, Inventions and Patents: A Research Guide and Bibliography (Routledge).