@article{41859,
      recid = {41859},
      author = {Gooday, Graeme ;},
      title = {Patent Cultures : Diversity and Harmonization in  Historical Perspective.},
      pages = {1 online resource (382 pages) :},
      abstract = {This book explores how dissimilar patent systems remain  distinctive despite international efforts towards  harmonization. The dominant historical account describes  harmonization as ever-growing, with familiar milestones  such as the Paris Convention (1883), the World Intellectual  Property Organization's founding (1967), and the formation  of current global institutions of patent governance. Yet  throughout the modern period, countries fashioned their own  mechanisms for fostering technological invention.  Notwithstanding the harmonization project, diversity in  patent cultures remains stubbornly persistent. No single  comprehensive volume describes the comparative historical  development of patent practices. Patent Cultures: Diversity  and Harmonization in Historical Perspective seeks to fill  this gap. Tracing national patenting from imperial  expansion in the early nineteenth century to our time, this  work asks fundamental questions about the limits of  globalization, innovation's cultural dimension, and how  historical context shapes patent policy. It is essential  reading for anyone seeking to understand the contested role  of patents in the modern world.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/41859},
}