Book contents
- American Patent Law
- American Patent Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Founding Era Patent Law, 1790–1820
- 3 The Jacksonian Era and Early Industrialization, 1820–1880
- 4 Corporatization, 1880–1920
- 5 1921–1982: Patents In and Out of the Headlines
- 6 The Federal Circuit Era
- 7 In Conclusion
- Index
4 - Corporatization, 1880–1920
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2023
- American Patent Law
- American Patent Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Founding Era Patent Law, 1790–1820
- 3 The Jacksonian Era and Early Industrialization, 1820–1880
- 4 Corporatization, 1880–1920
- 5 1921–1982: Patents In and Out of the Headlines
- 6 The Federal Circuit Era
- 7 In Conclusion
- Index
Summary
Between 1880 and 1920 the US economy rode several transformative technologies into a new economic era.The transportation and communication revolutions that began earlier in the nineteenth century gained momentum: rail networks grew astronomically, and the telephone accelerated the communications revolution that the telegraph had begun. Meanwhile, although the corporate form as a legal entity was well established by 1880, it was in the years leading up to 1920 that very large, nation-spanning business enterprises came to dominate the economy. The cause was those famous Chandlerian twins, scale and scope.1 Corporations as a legal category were well known by 1880; but large, vertically integrated corporations as the prime mover of a rapidly expanding economy took over after that. This is the story of the corporatization of the American economy.
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- American Patent LawA Business and Economic History, pp. 190 - 274Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023