The Venetian Moment: New Technologies, Legal Innovation and the Institutional Origins of Intellectual Property

If you have found this article useful and you think it is important that researchers across the world have access, please consider donating, to ensure that this valuable collection remains Open Access.

Prometheus is published by Pluto Journals, an Open Access publisher. This means that everyone has free and unlimited access to the full-text of all articles from our international collection of social science journals. Furthermore Pluto Journals authors don’t pay article processing charges (APCs).

scite_

Smart Citations

Citing PublicationsSupportingMentioningContrasting

View Citations

See how this article has been cited at scite.ai

scite shows how a scientific paper has been cited by providing the context of the citation, a classification describing whether it supports, mentions, or contrasts the cited claim, and a label indicating in which section the citation was made.

Header Abstract Content Author and article information References Comments

Prometheus

Volume 20, Issue 2

Record: found
Abstract: found
Article: found

Is Open Access

The Venetian Moment: New Technologies, Legal Innovation and the Institutional Origins of Intellectual Property

Published

research-article

Author(s): Christopher May

Publication date (Print): June 2002

Journal: Prometheus

Publisher: Pluto Journals

Keywords: Intellectual Property, Patents, Venice, Printing, Strategic Trade Policy

Bookmark

Abstract

Content

Author and article information

Journal

Journal ID (publisher-id): cpro20

Journal ID (archive): CPRO

Title: Prometheus

Subtitle: Critical Studies in Innovation

Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN (Print): 0810-9028

ISSN (Electronic): 1470-1030

Publication date (Print): June 2002

Volume: 20

Issue: 2

Pages: 159-179

Article

Publisher ID: 10032450 Coden ID: Prometheus, Vol. 20, No. 2, June 2002, pp. 159-179

DOI: 10.1080/08109020210138979

SO-VID: c60c02d9-f7b9-434c-ab5c-7cb020ff893b

License:

All content is freely available without charge to users or their institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission of the publisher or the author. Articles published in the journal are distributed under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

History

Page count

Figures: 0, Tables: 0, References: 43, Pages: 21

References

Fink Z. S.. 1940. . 'Venice and English political thought in the seventeenth century'. . Modern Philology . , Vol. 38: November;: 155––72. .
David P. A.. 1993. . “'Intellectual property institutions and the panda's thumb: patents, copyrights and trade secrets in economic theory and history'. ”. In Global Dimensions of Intellectual Property Rights in Science and Technology . , Edited by: Wallerstein M. B., Mogee M. E. and Schoen R. A.. p. 19––61. . p. 47 Washington, DC : : National Academy Press. .
Prager F. D.. 1944. . 'A history of intellectual property from 1545 to 1787'. . Journal of the Patent Office Society . , Vol. 26((11)): 711––60. . 714
May C.. 2000. . A Global Political Economy of Intellectual Property Sights. The New Enclosures? . , p. 167––78. . London : : Routledge. .
Braudel F.. 1981. . The Structures of Everyday Life. The Limits of the Possible . , p. 433––44. . London : : Collins. .
Mackenney R.. 1987. . Tradesmen and Traders. The World of the Guilds in Venice and Europe c.1250-c.1650 . , p. 14 London : : Groom Helm. .
Mackenney R.. 1992. . “'Venice'. ”. In The Renaissance in National Context . , Edited by: Porter R. and Teich M.. Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press. .
Burckhardt J.. 1944. . The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy . , p. 81––85. . Oxford : : Phaidon Press. .
MacLeod C.. 1988. . Inventing the Industrial Revolution. The English Patent System, 1660-1800 . , p. 11 Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press. .
Frumkin M.. 1945. . 'The origin of patents'. . Journal of the Patent Office Society . , Vol. 27((3)): 143––49. . 144
Prager F. D.. 1952. . 'The early growth and influence of intellectual property'. . Journal of the Patent Office Society . , Vol. 34((2)): 106––40. . 128––33. .
Sell S.. 1998. . Power and Ideas. North--South Politics of Intellectual Property and Antitrust . , Albany : : State University of New York Press. .
Thrupp S. L.. 1963. . “The guilds'. ”. In Economic Organisation and Policies in the Middle Ages . , Edited by: Postan M. M., Rich E. E. and Miller E.. p. 231p. 264 Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press. .
Porter T.. 1999. . “'Hegemony and the private governance of international industries'. ”. In Private Authority and International Affairs . , Edited by: Cutler A. C., Haufler V. and Porter T.. p. 276 Albany : : State University of New York Press. .
Pullan B.. , ed. 1968. . Crisis and Change in the Venetian Economy in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries . , London : : Methuen. .
Gerulaitis L. V.. 1976. . Printing and Publishing in Fifteenth-Century Venice . , p. 2 London : : Mansell Information Publishing/American Library Association. .
Lowry M.. 1979. . The World of Aldus Manutius. Business and Scholarship in Renaissance Venice . , p. 13 Oxford : : Basil Blackwell. .
Eisenstein E. L.. 1980. . The Printing Press as an Agent of Change . , p. 223 Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press. .
Azmi I. M., Maniatis S. M. and Sodipo B.. 1997. . “'Distinctive signs and early markets: Europe, Africa and Islam'. ”. In The Prehistory and Development of Intellectual Property Systems . , Edited by: Firth A.. p. 138 London : : Sweet and Maxwell. .
Rose M.. 1993. . Authors and Owners. The Invention of Copyright . , p. 10 Cambridge , MA : : Harvard University Press. .
Ploman E. W. and Hamilton L. C.. 1980. . Copyright Intellectual Property in the Information Age . , p. 5––7. . London : : Routledge & Kegan Paul. .
Stearns L.. 1992. . 'Copy wrong: plagiarism, process, property and the law'. . California Law Review . , Vol. 80((2)): 513––53. . 535
Scott B.. 2001. . 'Copyright in a frictionless world: toward a rhetoric of responsibility'. . First Monday . , Vol. 6((9)): 2
Febvre L. and Martin H.-J.. 1976. . The Coming of the Book. The Impact of Printing 1450-1800 . , p. 276 London : : New Left Books. .
Logan O.. 1972. . Culture and Society in Venice 1470-1790. The Renaissance and its Heritage . , p. 76 London : : Batsford. .
Gilpin R.. 2001. . Global Political Economy. Understanding the International Economic Order . , p. 122––27. . Princeton , NJ : : Princeton University Press. .
Sell S. and May C.. 2001. . 'Moments in law: contestation and settlement in the history of intellectual property'. . Review of International Political Economy . , Vol. 8((3)): 467––500. .
Bugbee B. W.. 1967. . Genesis of American Patent and Copyright Law . , p. 24 Washington, DC : : Public Affairs Press. .
Paster B. G.. 1969. . 'Trademarks--their early history'. . Trademark Reporter . , Vol. 59:: 551––72. .
Ruston G.. 1955. . On the origin of trademarks'. . Trademark Reporter . , Vol. 45:: 127––44. .
Mandich G.. 1948. . 'Venetian patents (1450-1550)'. . Journal of the Patent Office Society . , Vol. 30((3)): 166––224. . 206––7. .
Braudel F.. 1984. . The Perspective of the World . , p. 30 London : : Collins. .
Greif A.. 1995. . 'Political organisations, social structure and institutional success: reflections from Genoa and Venice during the commercial revolution'. . Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics . , Vol. 15((4)): 734––40. . 735
Finlay R.. 1980. . Politics in Renaissance Venice . , p. 27––37. . New Brunswick : : Rutgers University Press. .
Phillips J.. 1982. . 'The English patent as a reward for invention: the importation of an idea'. . Journal of Legal History . , Vol. 3((1)): 71––79. .
Frumkin M.. 1947-1949. . 'Early history of patents for invention'. . Transactions of the Newcomen Society . , : 47––56. .
Ladas S. P.. 1975. . Patents, Trademarks and Related Rights. National and International Protection . , Cambridge , MA : : Harvard University Press. .
Long P. O.. 1991. . 'Invention, authorship, "intellectual property" and the origin of patents: notes toward a conceptual history'. . Technology and Culture . , Vol. 32((4)): 846––84. . 877––88. .

Comments

Comment on this article

[1] Fink Z. S.. 1940. . 'Venice and English political thought in the seventeenth century'. . Modern Philology . , Vol. 38: November;: 155––72. .

[2] David P. A.. 1993. . “'Intellectual property institutions and the panda's thumb: patents, copyrights and trade secrets in economic theory and history'. ”. In Global Dimensions of Intellectual Property Rights in Science and Technology . , Edited by: Wallerstein M. B., Mogee M. E. and Schoen R. A.. p. 19––61. . p. 47 Washington, DC : : National Academy Press. .

[3] Prager F. D.. 1944. . 'A history of intellectual property from 1545 to 1787'. . Journal of the Patent Office Society . , Vol. 26((11)): 711––60. . 714

[5] May C.. 2000. . A Global Political Economy of Intellectual Property Sights. The New Enclosures? . , p. 167––78. . London : : Routledge. .

[6] Braudel F.. 1981. . The Structures of Everyday Life. The Limits of the Possible . , p. 433––44. . London : : Collins. .

[7] Mackenney R.. 1987. . Tradesmen and Traders. The World of the Guilds in Venice and Europe c.1250-c.1650 . , p. 14 London : : Groom Helm. .

[8] Mackenney R.. 1992. . “'Venice'. ”. In The Renaissance in National Context . , Edited by: Porter R. and Teich M.. Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press. .

[9] Burckhardt J.. 1944. . The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy . , p. 81––85. . Oxford : : Phaidon Press. .

[10] MacLeod C.. 1988. . Inventing the Industrial Revolution. The English Patent System, 1660-1800 . , p. 11 Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press. .

[11] Frumkin M.. 1945. . 'The origin of patents'. . Journal of the Patent Office Society . , Vol. 27((3)): 143––49. . 144

[12] Prager F. D.. 1952. . 'The early growth and influence of intellectual property'. . Journal of the Patent Office Society . , Vol. 34((2)): 106––40. . 128––33. .

[15] Sell S.. 1998. . Power and Ideas. North--South Politics of Intellectual Property and Antitrust . , Albany : : State University of New York Press. .

[16] Thrupp S. L.. 1963. . “The guilds'. ”. In Economic Organisation and Policies in the Middle Ages . , Edited by: Postan M. M., Rich E. E. and Miller E.. p. 231p. 264 Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press. .

[18] Porter T.. 1999. . “'Hegemony and the private governance of international industries'. ”. In Private Authority and International Affairs . , Edited by: Cutler A. C., Haufler V. and Porter T.. p. 276 Albany : : State University of New York Press. .

[19] Pullan B.. , ed. 1968. . Crisis and Change in the Venetian Economy in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries . , London : : Methuen. .

[20] Gerulaitis L. V.. 1976. . Printing and Publishing in Fifteenth-Century Venice . , p. 2 London : : Mansell Information Publishing/American Library Association. .

[21] Lowry M.. 1979. . The World of Aldus Manutius. Business and Scholarship in Renaissance Venice . , p. 13 Oxford : : Basil Blackwell. .

[22] Eisenstein E. L.. 1980. . The Printing Press as an Agent of Change . , p. 223 Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press. .

[23] Azmi I. M., Maniatis S. M. and Sodipo B.. 1997. . “'Distinctive signs and early markets: Europe, Africa and Islam'. ”. In The Prehistory and Development of Intellectual Property Systems . , Edited by: Firth A.. p. 138 London : : Sweet and Maxwell. .

[24] Rose M.. 1993. . Authors and Owners. The Invention of Copyright . , p. 10 Cambridge , MA : : Harvard University Press. .

[25] Ploman E. W. and Hamilton L. C.. 1980. . Copyright Intellectual Property in the Information Age . , p. 5––7. . London : : Routledge & Kegan Paul. .

[26] Stearns L.. 1992. . 'Copy wrong: plagiarism, process, property and the law'. . California Law Review . , Vol. 80((2)): 513––53. . 535

[27] Scott B.. 2001. . 'Copyright in a frictionless world: toward a rhetoric of responsibility'. . First Monday . , Vol. 6((9)): 2

[28] Febvre L. and Martin H.-J.. 1976. . The Coming of the Book. The Impact of Printing 1450-1800 . , p. 276 London : : New Left Books. .

[29] Logan O.. 1972. . Culture and Society in Venice 1470-1790. The Renaissance and its Heritage . , p. 76 London : : Batsford. .

[30] Gilpin R.. 2001. . Global Political Economy. Understanding the International Economic Order . , p. 122––27. . Princeton , NJ : : Princeton University Press. .

[31] Sell S. and May C.. 2001. . 'Moments in law: contestation and settlement in the history of intellectual property'. . Review of International Political Economy . , Vol. 8((3)): 467––500. .

[32] Bugbee B. W.. 1967. . Genesis of American Patent and Copyright Law . , p. 24 Washington, DC : : Public Affairs Press. .

[33] Paster B. G.. 1969. . 'Trademarks--their early history'. . Trademark Reporter . , Vol. 59:: 551––72. .

[34] Ruston G.. 1955. . On the origin of trademarks'. . Trademark Reporter . , Vol. 45:: 127––44. .

[35] Mandich G.. 1948. . 'Venetian patents (1450-1550)'. . Journal of the Patent Office Society . , Vol. 30((3)): 166––224. . 206––7. .

[36] Braudel F.. 1984. . The Perspective of the World . , p. 30 London : : Collins. .

[38] Greif A.. 1995. . 'Political organisations, social structure and institutional success: reflections from Genoa and Venice during the commercial revolution'. . Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics . , Vol. 15((4)): 734––40. . 735

[39] Finlay R.. 1980. . Politics in Renaissance Venice . , p. 27––37. . New Brunswick : : Rutgers University Press. .

[40] Phillips J.. 1982. . 'The English patent as a reward for invention: the importation of an idea'. . Journal of Legal History . , Vol. 3((1)): 71––79. .

[41] Frumkin M.. 1947-1949. . 'Early history of patents for invention'. . Transactions of the Newcomen Society . , : 47––56. .

[42] Ladas S. P.. 1975. . Patents, Trademarks and Related Rights. National and International Protection . , Cambridge , MA : : Harvard University Press. .

[43] Long P. O.. 1991. . 'Invention, authorship, "intellectual property" and the origin of patents: notes toward a conceptual history'. . Technology and Culture . , Vol. 32((4)): 846––84. . 877––88. .

Prometheus

The Venetian Moment: New Technologies, Legal Innovation and the Institutional Origins of Intellectual Property

Journal

Article

History

Page count

Categories

Comment on this article