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Report, from the Committee on Patents, Washington D.C. (1838)

Source:
The University of Texas Tarlton Law Library: The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, 25th Cong., 2d sess., 1838, S. Rep. 494.

Citation:
Report, from the Committee on Patents (1838), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title
Report, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office

Full title original language
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Abstract
A report of the Committee on Patents on a proposed Bill for international copyright protection. The report surveys the various arguments for and against such protection and recommends against it.

Bibliography
Barnes, James J. Authors, Publishers, and Politicians: The Quest for an Anglo-American Copyright Agreement, 1815-1854. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974.
Clark, Aubert J. The Movement for International Copyright in Nineteenth Century America. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1960.
Khan, B. Zorina. The Democratization of Invention: Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development, 1790-1920. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Location
Washington D.C.

Year
1838

Language
English

Source
The University of Texas Tarlton Law Library: The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, 25th Cong., 2d sess., 1838, S. Rep. 494.

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Persons referred to
D'Israeli, Isaac (1766-1848)
Egerton, Francis Henry, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (1756-1829)
Henry, Matthew (1662-1714)
Marshall, John (1755-1835)
Nicholson, Peter (1765-1844)
Ruggles, John (1789-1874)
Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)

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Belgium
England
France
Great Britain
New York

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Legislation referred to
Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19
U.S. Patent Act 1819
U.S. Copyright Act 1831, 21st Cong., 2d Sess., 4 Stat. 436

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Institutions referred to
Patent Office, U.S. Department of State
U.S. Congress
U.S. Senate

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Key words
Anglo-American
authenticity
authors' remuneration
book market
book trade
constitution, US
customs
duration
free trade
importation
interest groups
learning, the advancement of
libraries
monopoly
newspapers
patents, for invention
property theory, authors' property
public good
reciprocity
reputation
utilitarianism

Responsible editor
Oren Bracha




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Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, 10 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DZ, UK