Knowledge, Patents, Power
The Making of a Patent System in the Dutch Republic
Published on 9. December 2021
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-90-04-32039-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
594 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-32039-0 (9789004320390)
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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.
Content
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
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