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actor

1507: France
* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege

1759: France
* Sieur d'Anville's contract

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act

1852: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


actress

1741: United Kingdom
* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports)


adapter of plays

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


administrator

1762: France
* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors


Admiralty official

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract


adventurer

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute


agent for Dramatic Authors' Society

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act


agriculturalist

1798: United Kingdom
* Models and Busts Act

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act


agronomist

1845: France
* Court of Appeal on translations


alchemist

1552: France
* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard


almanac writer

1507: France
* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege


American accountant

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden


American actor

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


American attorney

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


American auditor

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden


American author

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


American bookseller

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh


American cartographer

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition


American choral composer

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition


American circus proprietor

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


American clergyman

1790: USA
* Copyright Act

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


American compiler of a Latin grammar book

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition


American composer

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition


American Congregationalist preacher

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute

1831: USA
* Copyright Act


American delegate at Berne Conference

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


American economist

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause

1801: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


American editor

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


American educator

1831: USA
* Copyright Act


American engineer

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause


American explorer

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute


American Germanist

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


American historian

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


American inventor

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause


American inventor of vulcanized rubber

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


American judge

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause

1790: USA
* Copyright Act

1834: USA
  Letters from Sumner to Story

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


American jurist

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause

1790: USA
* Copyright Act

1790: USA
* Copyright Act

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1834: USA
  Letters from Sumner to Story

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


American lawyer

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause

1790: USA
* Copyright Act

1790: USA
* Copyright Act

1790: USA
* Copyright Act

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


American legal writer

1798: United Kingdom
* Beckford v. Hood

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden


American lexicographer

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute

1784: USA
  Letter from Noah Webster to James Madison

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause

1790: USA
* Copyright Act

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


American lithographer

1882: USA
  Oscar Wilde photograph

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


American merchant

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause

1790: USA
* Copyright Act


American military and revolutionary leader

1790: USA
* Copyright Act

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh


American military commander

1831: USA
* Copyright Act


American military officer

1790: USA
* Copyright Act


American music engraver

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition


American music publisher

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition


American musician

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition


American novelist

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


American orator

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


American painter

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act


American philosopher

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute


American physician

1790: USA
* Copyright Act

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


American planter

1790: USA
* Copyright Act


American playwright

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


American poet

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


American politician

1784: USA
  Letter from Noah Webster to James Madison

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause

1790: USA
* Copyright Act

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


American printer

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition


American publisher

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


American religious composer

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition


American revolutionary politician

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege


American scholar

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh


American scientist

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause

1790: USA
* Copyright Act


American silversmith

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition


American soldier

1790: USA
* Copyright Act

1790: USA
* Copyright Act

1790: USA
* Copyright Act


American statesman

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause

1790: USA
* Copyright Act

1834: USA
  Letters from Sumner to Story

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


American steamboat constructor

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause


American surveyor

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition


American theatre critic

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


American theatre manager

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


Anglican minister

1844: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


anglophile

1846: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain


Anglo-American bookseller

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege


Anglo-American printer

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege


Anglo-American Puritan clergyman

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege


antiquarian

1557: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Charter

1559: United Kingdom
* Elizabethan Injunctions

1660: Germany
* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance


antiquary

1735: United Kingdom
* Engravers' Copyright Act

1798: United Kingdom
* Beckford v. Hood

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1835: United Kingdom
* Publication of Lectures Act

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Apostle of the Gentiles

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege

1541: Germany
* Luther's "Warning to the Printers"


apothecary

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters


applied mathematician

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


Archbishop of Canterbury

1531: Germany
* Basel Printers' Statute


Archbishop of Canterbury (1559-1575)

1557: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Charter


Archbishop of Canterbury (1575-1577)

1557: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Charter


Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604)

1559: United Kingdom
* Elizabethan Injunctions

1586: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree


Archbishop of Canterbury (1604-1610)

1559: United Kingdom
* Elizabethan Injunctions


Archbishop of Canterbury (1611-1633)

1624: United Kingdom
* Statute of Monopolies


Archbishop of Canterbury (1633-1645)

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree


Archbishop of Canterbury (1660-1663)

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree


Archbishop of Canterbury (1694-1715)

1662: United Kingdom
* Licensing Act

1690: United Kingdom
* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)


Archbishop of Mainz

1479: Germany
* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg


Archbishop of York (1606-1628)

1624: United Kingdom
* Statute of Monopolies


architect

1474: Italy
* Statute on Industrial Brevets

1474: Italy
* Statute on Industrial Brevets

1735: United Kingdom
* Engravers' Copyright Act


army officer

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act


art collector

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act


art dealer

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act


art historian

1474: Italy
* Statute on Industrial Brevets

1486: Italy
* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege

1503: Italy
* Warning of Aldus Manutius against Lyonese Typographers

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Albrecht Dürer


art theorist

1798: United Kingdom
* Models and Busts Act

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act


artist

1479: Germany
* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick

1787: United Kingdom
* Calico Printers' Act

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1861: France
* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news

1862: France
* Court of Cassation on photography


assistant to his father Arnolt Schlick

1512: Germany
  Lyrical Reference to an Imperial privilege for Arnolt Schlick


Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1790-1793)

1790: USA
* Copyright Act


Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1830-1861)

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1845-1872)

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1846-1870)

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1851-1857)

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1862-1890)

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1877-1911)

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1898-1925)

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


astrologer

1566: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree


Austrian diplomat

1837: Germany
* Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation


Austrian State Chancellor (1753-1792)

1790: Germany
* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire


Austrian statesman

1837: Germany
* Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation


Austrian violinist

1835: Germany
  Copyright statement of Johann Strauss for Austria and Prussia

1837: Germany
* Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation


author

1469: Italy
* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly

1479: Germany
* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg

1479: Germany
* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg

1501: Germany
* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica

1501: Germany
* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica

1501: Germany
* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica

1501: Germany
* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica

1501: Germany
* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica

1501: Germany
* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica

1501: Germany
* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica

1507: France
* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege

1507: France
* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege

1507: France
* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick

1513: Germany
* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin

1513: Germany
* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin

1513: Germany
* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin

1513: Germany
* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin

1513: Germany
* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin

1513: Germany
* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege

1516: Germany
  Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck

1516: Germany
  Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck

1516: Germany
  Privilege of the Duke of Bavaria

1517: Italy
* Decree on Press Affairs

1531: Germany
* Basel Printers' Statute

1531: Germany
* Basel Printers' Statute

1531: Germany
* Basel Printers' Statute

1531: Germany
* Basel Printers' Statute

1531: Germany
* Basel Printers' Statute

1538: United Kingdom
* Henrician Proclamation

1538: United Kingdom
* Henrician Proclamation

1538: United Kingdom
* Henrician Proclamation

1538: United Kingdom
* Henrician Proclamation

1538: United Kingdom
* Henrician Proclamation

1538: United Kingdom
* Henrician Proclamation

1538: United Kingdom
* Henrician Proclamation

1541: Germany
* Luther's "Warning to the Printers"

1552: France
* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard

1559: United Kingdom
* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass

1586: France
* Simon Marion's plea on privileges

1586: France
* Simon Marion's plea on privileges

1591: Germany
  A publisher's "Friendly Reminder" about reprints

1659: Germany
* Schupp: The Book Thief

1659: Germany
* Schupp: The Book Thief

1659: Germany
* Schupp: The Book Thief

1660: Germany
* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance

1660: Germany
* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance

1660: Germany
* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance

1660: Germany
* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance

1662: United Kingdom
* Licensing Act

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract

1675: Germany
* Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest"

1701: France
* Royal letters patent

1704: United Kingdom
* Defoe's Essay on the Press

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1723: France
* Code de la Librairie

1723: France
* Code de la Librairie

1723: France
* Code de la Librairie

1723: France
* Code de la Librairie

1737: United Kingdom
* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders

1737: United Kingdom
* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders

1739: Germany
  Privilege of the Protestant Swiss Cantons

1741: United Kingdom
* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports)

1741: United Kingdom
* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports)

1741: United Kingdom
* Pope v. Curl

1749: France
* Crébillon's case

1749: France
* Crébillon's case

1749: France
* Crébillon's case

1759: France
* Sieur d'Anville's contract

1759: France
* Sieur d'Anville's contract

1759: France
* Sieur d'Anville's contract

1759: France
* Sieur d'Anville's contract

1759: France
* Sieur d'Anville's contract

1759: France
* Sieur d'Anville's contract

1759: France
* Sieur d'Anville's contract

1759: France
* Sieur d'Anville's contract

1761: France
* La Fontaine case

1761: France
* La Fontaine case

1761: France
* La Fontaine case

1762: France
* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors

1763: France
* Diderot's Letter on the book trade

1763: France
* Diderot's Letter on the book trade

1763: France
* Diderot's Letter on the book trade

1763: France
* Diderot's Letter on the book trade

1763: France
* Diderot's Letter on the book trade

1765: Germany
  Reich v. Pauli

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson

1775: Germany
  Chodowiecki's Allegory "Works of Darkness"

1776: France
* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press

1776: France
* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press

1776: France
* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press

1776: France
* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press

1777: France
* Linguet's memorandum

1777: France
* Linguet's memorandum

1777: France
* Linguet's memorandum

1777: France
* Linguet's memorandum

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition

1785: Germany
* Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting

1790: Germany
* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire

1790: Germany
* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire

1790: Germany
* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)

1809: Germany
* Baden Civil Code

1809: Germany
* Baden Civil Code

1809: Germany
* Baden Civil Code

1809: Germany
* Baden Civil Code

1809: Germany
* Baden Civil Code

1809: Germany
* Baden Civil Code

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1832: Germany
* Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays

1835: United Kingdom
* Publication of Lectures Act

1837: Germany
* Prussian Copyright Act

1837: Germany
* Prussian Copyright Act

1840: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1842: France
* Court of Cassation on artistic property

1845: France
* Court of Appeal on translations

1846: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain

1846: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain

1846: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain

1847: United Kingdom
* Foreign Reprints Act

1847: United Kingdom
* Foreign Reprints Act

1847: United Kingdom
* Foreign Reprints Act

1862: France
* Court of Cassation on photography

1869: France
* Court of Cassation on originality

1869: France
* Court of Cassation on originality

1869: France
* Court of Cassation on originality

1869: France
* Court of Cassation on originality

1870: Germany
* Copyright Act for the German Empire

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


author of legal dictionary

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures


author of "A Handy-Book of Patent and Copyright Law" (1860)

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


author of "A Practical Treatise on the Law of Patents for Inventions and Copyright" (1823)

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


author of "A Treatise on the Law of Copyright" (1847)

1790: USA
* Copyright Act

1798: United Kingdom
* Beckford v. Hood

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


author of "Captain Cook's Last Voyage" (1783)

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute


author of "Copyright and Patents for Inventions" (1879)

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


author of "Copyright and Patents, or Property in Thought"

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


author of "La propriété industrielle, artistique et littéraire"

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures

1842: France
* Court of Cassation on artistic property

1861: France
* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news

1862: France
* Court of Cassation on photography

1869: France
* Court of Cassation on originality


author of "Law of Art Copyright" (1863)

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


author of "On the Laws of Artistic Copyright and their Defects" (1853)

1847: United Kingdom
* Foreign Reprints Act

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act


author of "Remarks on the Law of Literary Property in Different Countries" (1883)

1852: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


author of "The Law of Copyright in Works of Literature and Art, and in the Application of Designs" (1863)

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


author of "The Law of Copyright" (1903)

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations


author of "Traité de la contrefaçon en tous genres et de sa poursuite en justice" (1837)

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures

1845: France
* Court of Appeal on translations


author of "Traité des droits d'auteur" (1838-39)

1474: Italy
* Statute on Industrial Brevets

1507: France
* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege

1586: France
* Simon Marion's plea on privileges

1749: France
* Crébillon's case

1762: France
* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors

1777: France
* Linguet's memorandum

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations

1842: France
* Court of Cassation on artistic property

1845: France
* Court of Appeal on translations

1862: France
* Court of Cassation on photography

1869: France
* Court of Cassation on originality


author of "Traité théorique et pratique de la propriété littéraire et artistique"

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures

1842: France
* Court of Cassation on artistic property

1845: France
* Court of Appeal on translations

1861: France
* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news

1862: France
* Court of Cassation on photography

1869: France
* Court of Cassation on originality


avocat-general

1741: United Kingdom
* Pope v. Curl


avocat-général of the Parlement of Paris

1507: France
* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege

1586: France
* Simon Marion's plea on privileges

1701: France
* Royal letters patent

1723: France
* Code de la Librairie

1777: France
* Linguet's memorandum


banker

1832: Germany
* Gans: On the right to perform publishe