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- Lawrence Goldstone. 2014. Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies
Covers the 1890s glider flyers, the Wrights, and Glenn Curtiss. Focusing on the patent battles between them, notes that US aircraft were not considered good enough for WWI, and attributes this to the patent thicket. Inference: somewhat negative on patents.
From Joe Nocera's review in the NYT: “By attempting to neuter Curtiss,” Goldstone writes, “the Wrights stifled the development of American aviation.”
| Original title | Birdmen |
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| Simple title | Birdmen |
| Authors | Lawrence Goldstone |
| Date | 2014 |
| Countries | US |
| Languages | en |
| Keywords | patent, litigation, Wrights, Curtiss |
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| Related to aircraft? | 1 |
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