Seeking International Coordination: The Norwegian Patent Law of 1885

Bjørn Basberg

Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 2019, vol. 60, issue 1, 157-179

Abstract: During the 1870s and 80s many countries revised their national patent laws. This was also a period when international co-operation was intensified to reach an agreement on patent legislation. It culminated in the Paris Patent Convention of 1880, leading to an increased harmonization of the various national patent laws. In Norway the revision of the patent law was set in motion in the 1870s, culminating in a new law in 1885. The paper analyses this process, and in particular how it related to legislative work that went on abroad.

Keywords: Patent history; patent legislation; patent convention; international cooperation; the Second Industrial Revolution; Patentgesetzgebung; Patentkonvention; internationale Kooperation; Zweite Industrielle Revolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K N O (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1515/jbwg-2019-0007

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