The comprehensive two-volume collection includes some of the most important and influential articles published on the history of intellectual property. The seminal works compiled in this volume encompass a broad variety of specific legal fields, periods and methodological perspectives. The collection focuses on the three main subfields of intellectual property: patent, copyright and trademark law. Volume I covers patent and copyright in Britain as well as U.S. patents. Volume II discusses U.S. copyright and trademarks along with colonial and international intellectual property law.
With an original introduction by the editor, this important volume will be of a great interest to legal historians, economic historians and anyone interested in intellectual property and its history.