Privatised Law Reform: A History of Patent Law through Private Legislation, 1620-1907

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Privatised Law Reform: A History of Patent Law through Private Legislation, 1620-1907

By Phillip Johnson
Routledge December 2017

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ISBN-13
9781138565555
Publisher
Routledge
Publication
December 2017
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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In the history of British patent law, the role of Parliament is often side-lined. This is largely due to the raft of failed or timid attempts at patent law reform. Yet there was another way of seeking change. By the end of the nineteenth century, private legislation had become a mechanism or testing ground for more general law reforms.

The evolution of the law had essentially been privatised and was handled in the committee rooms in Westminster. This is known in relation to many great industrial movements such as the creating of railways, canals and roads, or political movements such as the powers and duties of local authorities, but it has thus far been largely ignored in the development of patent law.

This book addresses this shortfall and examines how private legislation played an important role in the birth of modern patent law.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Notes on Sources
Table of cases
Tables of legislation
A history of patents
Private Bill Procedure
The beginnings
The protection of inventions by enactment
The non obstante clause and the right to work
The restriction and regulation of company patents
The specification and its concealment
The prolongation of patents
The grant of Parliamentary rewards: an alternative
Restoration and renewal fees
Re-dating and priority fights
The end of private business
Bibliography
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