
This Book Narrates And Analyses The Largest Judicial Battle In Culture And Industrial Property In Nineteenth Century Europe (and Probably In The World), The Echoes Of Which Still Ring Today. Interestingly, The Fight Was Motivated By Some Rather Simple Wind Instruments Made Of Brass And Their Related Patents, Not By Opera-the Musical Genre That Moved The Most Money And People At The Time-or The Always Revered And Contentious High Art. The Legal Confrontation Began When A Group Of French Businessmen Who Built Wind Instruments Saw Their Business Threatened Because The Army Forced Them To Use A Series Of Musical Instruments That Were Protected By Patents For Invention That Belonged To Adolphe Sax, The Well-known Inventor Of The Saxophone. The First Phase (defense) Lasted Seven Years, But It Flared Up Again A Few Months Later When The Original Defendant Took The Initiative And Simultaneously Pursued-this Time Criminally And For More Than Thirteen Years-several Of His Competitors, Also Inflicting Numerous Raids On Them. Of Course, There Were Other Actors Less In Sight Pulling The Strings: We Will Give Evidence Of How Political Power Used Economic Power, And Vice Versa; And We Will Provide Arguments On How Culture Articulated The Social Machinery And Was A Powerful Tool For Legitimising Political Positions-- Provided By Publisher.
This book investigates the complex legal and economic conflict surrounding Adolphe Sax’s wind instrument patents during the French Industrial Revolution. Diago Ortega examines the intersection of intellectual property law, political influence, and industrial competition in nineteenth-century France. By analyzing the protracted litigation between Sax and his competitors, the author argues that these disputes were not merely commercial, but were deeply embedded in the social and political machinery of the era.
What You Will Find
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Experts recognize this work as a detailed examination of the intersection between industrial innovation and legal protectionism in the nineteenth century. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the author's meticulous use of historical records to reconstruct these complex judicial proceedings.
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Publication Date:
2024-01-01
Publisher:
New York : Oxford University Press,
ISBN-10:
0191997722
ISBN-13:
9780191997723
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