Short description:

This collection presents new narratives on the emergence of intellectual property rights in the law of nations during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. The collection reveals the extent to which various forms of intellectual property protection eventually shaped contemporary international law.

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Long description:

What was the state of the law and how states managed to fulfil their international legal obligations under the law of nations with respect to intellectual property protection? 13 contributors show how the transition of intellectual property from private rights holders and their non-state patrons evolves into state lawmaking. The book presents these transitions through international legal perspectives and the history of intellectual property rights in late modern societies in Europe, the United States, Asia and Colonial States in Africa.



Contributors are: Daniel Acquah, Ainee Adam, Louise Duncan, Johanna Gibson, Philip Johnson, Jyh-An Lee, Yangzi Li, P. Sean, Morris, Peter Munkacsi, Zvi Rosen, Devanshi Saxena, Johannes Thumfart, and Esther van Zimmeren.

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Acknowledgements


Notes on Contributors





Introduction: Framing the Law of Nations in Intellectual Property in the Nineteenth Century


 P. Sean Morris

Part 1: Industrial Innovation in History and Conflicts

1 The Key Historical Influences Leading to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of 1883


 Louise J. Duncan





2 Challenging the Normative Impact of Technological Innovation


 From the Norm Development Process of the Paris Convention to Global Patent Justice


 Johannes Thumfart





3 Innovation Diplomacy


 International Exhibitions and the Rise of Innovation in the Law of Nations


 P. Sean Morris





4 Mr Patent Goes to War!


 Industrial Property and the Breakdown of the International Order during World War I


 Phillip Johnson

Part 2: Film and Regal Approaches to Copyright

5 Stuck in a Waltz


 The Austro
-Hungarian Monarchy and Its Imperial Approach to the Berne Convention


 Péter Munkácsi





6 The Man behind the Curtain


 Developing Film?s Double Exposure of Intellectual Property


 Johanna Gibson





7 The Untold Story of the First Copyright Statute of China


 Exploring the 1910 Copyright Code of the Great Qing Dynasty


 Jyh
-An Lee and Yangzi Li

Part 3: Trademarks, Terroir and the Colonies

8 The Crystallization of International Norms


 A Case Study on Diffusion of Trademark Norms in Early
-20th Century China


 Ainee Adam





9 The Unusual Extension of Imperial Intellectual Property Laws to Colonies in Africa


 Daniel Opoku Acquah





10 Early American Federal Trademark Law and the Law of Nations


 Zvi S. Rosen





11 The Transforming Face of Terroir


 Unde Venis Geographical Indications?


 Devanshi Saxena and Esther van Zimmeren





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