Galvez-Behar, 2019
Gabriel Galvez-Behar. The Patent System during the French Industrial Revolution: Institutional Change and Economic Effects. Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 2019, vol. 60, issue 1, 31-56. Abstracted at Repec. Full text not available.
Abstract, distilled: France was one of the first countries to adopt modern patent legislation in 1791. The aim of this paper is to understand how it was based on a democratic and natural-right conception of invention yet turned out to be restrictive. The legal framework evolved from 1791 to the late 1850s with contradictory aspects: a natural right inspiration but a high cost to file a patent. A major 1844 Patent Act reform did not fully address criticisms. The patent system was heterogeneous across regions and industries. We show diffusion of patents in time, in different regions and industries.
| Original title | The Patent System during the French Industrial Revolution: Institutional Change and Economic Effects |
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| Simple title | The Patent System during the French Industrial Revolution |
| Authors | Gabriel Galvez-Behar |
| Date | 2019 |
| Countries | FR |
| Languages | fr |
| Keywords | patents, history, law, French patent office, patent theory, patent fees |
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| Related to aircraft? | 0 |
| Page count | 26 |
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