Patent Cultures Diversity and Harmonization in Historical Perspective Gooday

Patent CulturesDiversity and Harmonization in Historical Perspective\nAuthor(s): Graeme Gooday, Steven Wilf\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108475761, 978-1108475761\nSynopsis\nThis book explores how dissimilar patent systems remain distinctive despite international efforts towards harmonization. The dominant historical account describes harmonization as ever-growing, with familiar milestones such as the Paris Convention [tel], the World Intellectual Property Organization's founding [tel], and the formation of current global institutions of patent governance. Yet throughout the modern period, countries fashioned their own mechanisms for fostering technological invention. Notwithstanding the harmonization project, diversity in patent cultures remains stubbornly persistent. No single comprehensive volume describes the comparative historical development of patent practices. Patent Cultures: Diver.