Friday, February 5, 2010

IP History at the London Legal History Seminar

The London Legal History Seminar of the British Society for the History of Science announces a symposium on the history of intellectual property, to be held on February 26, commencing at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Russell Square, London 2:00. The speakers are:

Ronan Deazley (Glasgow University):
‘Three Hundred Years of Copyright: Six Observations in Search of an Act'

Graeme Gooday (Leeds University):
‘Property, Protection or Monopoly? Rival Discourses of Patent Law Reform in the Long Nineteenth Century'

Isabella Alexander (Cambridge University):
‘All Change for the Digital Economy? Copyright and Business Models in the Eighteenth Century'

According tot he announcement, “all are welcome to attend.”