Knowledge, Patents, Power

The Making of a Patent System in the Dutch Republic
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-32039-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 594 g

Reihe: Knowledge Infrastructure and Knowledge Economy

In Knowledge, Patents, Power, Marius Buning tells the complex story of how the emergence of a Dutch patent regime is related to wider issues concerning governmental control and innovation. Buning analyses the institutional framework in which "innovative knowledge" could develop in the Dutch Republic from a variety of perspectives. This is not only a comprehensive study of patent law and its administrative and legal framework during the first four decades of the Dutch republic, it also opens up new perspectives on a wide range of issues in cultural and political history— from truth claims in early modern science to issues concerning mercantilism and Dutch seventeenth-century processes of state formation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Buning, Marius

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wissenssoziologie, Wissenschaftssoziologie, Techniksoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz Patentrecht, Gebrauchs- und Geschmacksmusterrecht, Designrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Introduction

Preliminary

Scope and objectives

Outline


1 Inventing a System

The Dutch Revolt: Setting the stage

Patents in the Habsburg Netherlands

The political organization of the Dutch Republic

Patents amidst constitutional confusion

Conclusions


2 Administrative Practices

The application process

Examinations and rewards

Areas of usage: war, trade and industry

Conclusions


3. Legitimate Monopolies

Historical backgrounds

Privileges as a legal instrument

Experimental practices

Conclusions


4. Merchants of Ideas

The dawn of projects

Venture capital

The applicants

Costumers and clients

Conclusions


5 The Circulation of Knowledge

Inventions and discoveries

Novelties and imitation

Competition and friendly exchange

Notions of efficiency

Conclusions


6. Conclusions: A Dutch Republic of Patents

Patents and the production of knowledge

Republican patents

The aftereffects


Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Marius Buning, Ph.D. (2013), is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the CREATIVE IPR project, University of Oslo. His research interests focus on the origins of intellectual property and the role of the state in shaping notions of scientific and technological progress.