Organising the System

David Pretel
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Chapter 3 in Institutionalising Patents in Nineteenth-Century Spain, 2018, pp 57-86 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter looks at the broader social context in which patenting took place in Spain during the nineteenth century. The 1870s marked a pivotal moment in the organisation of innovative activity in Spain. From then on, a social infrastructure facilitating patenting developed around the patent office. A variety of agents—such as intermediaries, lawyers and consulting engineers—placed themselves at the centre of the Spanish institution that granted intellectual property rights, shaping it and adapting it to the conditions and requirements of a peripheral European economy. Meanwhile, specialised technical publications, including an array of patent journals, became the broader cultural infrastructure supporting patentees, companies and intermediaries that used the Spanish patent system.

Keywords: Engineers; Agents; Intermediaries; Technical press; Patent journals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-96298-6_3

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