Patently contestable electrical technologies and inventor identities on trial in Britain / Stathis Arapostathis and Graeme Gooday.

Author/creator Arapostathis, Stathis
Other author Gooday, Graeme.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,
Descriptionxv, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Patent laws and legislation--Great Britain. --History.
Patent suits--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Patent suits--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.
Electric apparatus and appliances--Great Britain. --Patents.
Inventors--Legal status, laws, etc. --Great Britain.
Electric apparatus and appliances--Great Britain. --History.

SeriesInside technology
Contents The territorial dynamics of managing inventor's rights -- Configuring and defending patenting strategies : experts, judges, and witnesses in action -- Patents and identity in early UK telephony disputes -- Contested dynamos and wires : tribunals of technologies, ownership, and identities -- Gift to the world?"--- The contested status and rewards of early wireless telegraphy -- Patents, identities, and ownership in the British electric lamp industry, 1878-1920.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012035875
ISBN9780262019033 (hardcover : alk. paper)