LEADER 02705oam 2200469I 450 001 9910957366803321 005 20251117103507.0 010 $a1-351-34512-5 010 $a1-351-34511-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315123073 035 $a(CKB)3840000000337629 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5209835 035 $a(OCoLC)1005694881 035 $a(EXLCZ)993840000000337629 100 $a20180706d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aPrivatised law reform $ea history of patent law through private legislation, 1620-1907 /$fPhillip Johnson 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon [UK] ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (233 pages) 311 08$a1-315-12307-X 311 08$a1-138-56555-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA 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. 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aPatent laws and legislation$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aLaw reform$zGreat Britain$xHistory 615 0$aPatent laws and legislation$xHistory. 615 0$aLaw reform$xHistory. 676 $a346.4104/860903 700 $aJohnson$b Phillip$g(Phillip Michael),$01062743 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957366803321 996 $aPrivatised law reform$94482805 997 $aUNINA