03177nam 2200649Ia 450 991078083820332120230120031830.01-4696-0533-30-8078-9906-2(CKB)2520000000007793(EBL)475181(OCoLC)550659862(SSID)ssj0000344610(PQKBManifestationID)11249617(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344610(PQKBWorkID)10307171(PQKB)11484257(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245880(MdBmJHUP)muse23380(Au-PeEL)EBL475181(CaPaEBR)ebr10351519(MiAaPQ)EBC475181(MiAaPQ)EBC4322126(EXLCZ)99252000000000779320090303d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWorking knowledge[electronic resource] employee innovation and the rise of corporate intellectual property, 1800-1930 /Catherine L. FiskChapel Hill University of North Carolina Press20091 online resource (373 p.)Studies in legal historyDescription based upon print version of record.1-4696-2220-3 0-8078-3302-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Stealing in the dark the improvements of others -- The genius which conceived and the toil which compiled the book -- If these mill owners desire to cripple a man's enterprise and his energy and intelligence, they must contract to that effect -- An ingenious man enabled by contract -- They claim to own him, body, and soul -- Corporate management of science and scientific management of corporations -- The corporation's money paid for the painting ; its artist colored it; its president designed it.Skilled workers of the early nineteenth century enjoyed a degree of professional independence because workplace knowledge and technical skill were their ""property,"" or at least their attribute. In most sectors of today's economy, however, it is a foundational and widely accepted truth that businesses retain legal ownership of employee-generated intellectual property. In Working Knowledge, Catherine Fisk chronicles the legal and social transformations that led to the transfer of ownership of employee innovation from labor to management. This deeply contested development was wonStudies in legal history.Inventions, Employees'United StatesHistoryIntellectual propertyUnited StatesPatents and government-developed inventionsUnited StatesInventions, Employees'History.Intellectual propertyPatents and government-developed inventions346.7304/86Fisk Catherine L.1961-1479035American Society for Legal History.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780838203321Working knowledge3694918UNINA