Invented by Law
Author | : Christopher Beauchamp |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2015-01-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674368064 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674368061 |
Rating | : 4/5 (061 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Invented by Law by : Christopher Beauchamp
Download or read book Invented by Law written by Christopher Beauchamp and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-05 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Beauchamp debunks the myth of Alexander Graham Bell as the telephone’s sole inventor, exposing that story’s origins in the arguments advanced by Bell’s lawyers during fiercely contested battles for patent monopoly. The courts anointed Bell father of the telephone—likely the most consequential intellectual property right ever granted.