Rethinking the Development of Patents: An Intellectual History, 1550-1800

Hastings Law Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1255-

  Mossoff, Adam ^a  

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EID: 0043194017     PISSN: 00178322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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References (2)

1. See, e.g., 4 WILLIAM HOLDSWORTH, A HISTORY OF ENGLISH LAW 349 (1924) ("The common law was thus called upon [in Darcy v. Allen] to settle a delicate constitutional question, of vital importance to the trade of the country.").
2. See, e.g., Paul E. Schaafsma, An Economic Overview of Patents, 79 J. PAT. & TRADEMARK OFF. SOC'Y 241, 242-45 (1997) ("the historical development of patent rights demonstrates that patents developed as a tool of economic development").