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1、TheMakingofModernIntellectualPropertyLaw:TheBritishExperience,1760–1911BradShermanandLionelBentlyCambridgeUniversityPressTheMakingofModernIntellectualPropertyLawTheBritishExperience,1760±1911Oneofthecommonthemesinrecentpublicdebatehasbeenthelaw'sinabilitytoaccommodatethenewwaysofcre
2、ating,distributingandreplicatingintellectualproductsthathavedevelopedinrecentyears.Inthisbooktheauthorsarguethatinordertounderstandmanyoftheproblemscurrentlyconfrontingthelaw,itisnecessarytounderstanditspast.Drawingonextensivearchivalresearch,ShermanandBentlyprovideadetailedaccounto
3、ftheemergenceofmodernBritishintellectualpropertylaw.Indoingsotheyexploretworelatedthemes.First,theyexplainwhyintellectualpropertylawcametotakeitsnowfamiliarshapewithsub-categoriesofpatents,copyright,designsandtrademarks.Arguingagainstthosewhoseeintellectualpropertylawasoccupyingitsn
4、aturalpositionorasbeingshapedbysomehigherphilosophicalprinciples,theworksetsouttoshowthecomplexandcontingentnatureofthisareaoflaw.Secondly,aswellaschartingthisemergenceofintellectualpropertylawasadiscreteareaoflegaldoctrine,theauthorsalsosetouttoexplainhowitisthatthelawgrantspropert
5、ystatustointangiblesanddescribetheensuingproblems.Thisworkgoesontoexploretheriseandfallofcreativityasanorganisingconceptinintellectualpropertylaw,thecreativenatureofintellectualpropertylawandtheimportantrolethattheregistrationprocessplaysinshapingintangibleproperty.BradSherman,LawDe
6、partment,Grif®thUniversity,BrisbaneLionelBently,SchoolofLaw,King'sCollegeLondonThisPageIntentionallyLeftBlankThisPageIntentionallyLeftBlankCambridgeStudiesinIntellectualPropertyRightsAsitseconomicpotentialhasrapidlyexpanded,intellectualpropertyhasbecomeasubjectoffrontranklegalimport
7、ance.CambridgeStudiesinIntellectualPropertyRightsisaseriesofmonographstudiesofmajorcurrentissuesinintellectualproperty.Eachvolumewillcontainamixtureofinternational,European,comparativeandnationallaw,makingthisahighlysigni®cantseriesforpractitioners,judgesandacademicresearchersinmany
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