Patently Contestable: Electrical Technologies and Inventor Identities on Trial in Britain

by Graeme Gooday and Stathis Arapostathis

Book Overview

An examination of the fierce disputes that arose in Britain in the decades around 1900 concerning patents for electrical power and telecommunications.

Late nineteenth-century Britain saw an extraordinary surge in patent disputes over the new technologies of electrical power, lighting, telephony, and radio. These battles played out in the twin tribunals of the courtroom and the press. In Patently Contestable, Stathis Arapostathis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262019035
• ISBN13: 9780262019033
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher