Working knowledge : employee innovation and the rise of corporate intellectual property, 1800-1930 / Catherine L. Fisk

Author: Fisk, Catherine L., 1961-
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
Copyright Date: ©2009
Physical Description: x, 360 pages ; 25 cm.

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Studies in legal history

Contents

Stealing in the dark the improvements of others -- The genius which conceived and the toil which compiled the book -- If these mill owners desire to cripple a man's enterprise and his energy and intelligence, they must contract to that effect -- An ingenious man enabled by contract -- They claim to own him, body, and soul -- Corporate management of science and scientific management of corporations -- The corporation's money paid for the painting ; its artist colored it; its president designed it -- Conclusion : attribution, authenticity, and the corporate production of technology and culture.

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9780807833025 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807833029 (cloth : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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