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94 pages, 22 chapters, and about 53,398 words in the edition this archive serves.

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First published 1958

An Economic Review of the Patent System

by Fritz Machlup

Study commission by the Subcommitttee on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights of the Committee on the Judiciary, US Senate, 85th Congress, second session. Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office, 1958.94 pagesUpdated March 16, 2012

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Author: Fritz Machlup
First published: 1958
Format: PDF and EPUB
Pages: 94
License: Still in copyright: this work was published in the 1932-1963 window when US copyright had to be renewed after 28 years, and a renewal for it was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. It is free to read and download from this archive, but it is not public domain and not Creative Commons.

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Is An Economic Review of the Patent System free to download?: Yes. The complete 94-page PDF and EPUB downloads directly from this page (24.8 MB). There is no signup, no account and no paywall.
How long is An Economic Review of the Patent System?: 94 pages, 22 chapters, and about 53,398 words in the edition this archive serves.
Is An Economic Review of the Patent System in the public domain?: No. US works published between 1932 and 1963 kept copyright past 28 years if someone filed a renewal, and a renewal for this work was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. It is free to read and download from this archive, but it is not public domain and not Creative Commons.
Who wrote An Economic Review of the Patent System?: Fritz Machlup (1902–1983) was an Austrian-American economist who grew up in Wiener Neustadt, working in his family’s cardboard factory while earning his doctorate under Ludwig von Mises in 1925. This archive holds 9 of Machlup's works.

What's in it

22 chapters · 53,398 words

Foreword
I. Introduction
II. Historical Survey A. EARLY HISTORY (BEFORE 1624)
III. Institutional Facts and Problems A. CONDITIONS, PROCEDURES, AND LIMITS OF PATENT PROTECTION
A. Early Economic Opinion; 1750-1850
B. The Chief Arguments For Patent Protection
C. Discussion of These Arguments: Economic Opinion 1850-1873
D. Modern Economic Opinion: Since 1873
E. Some Basic Economic Questions
F. Competitive Research, Waste, and Serendipity
G. Some Confusions, Inconsistencies, and Fallacies
H. Private and Social Cost and Value: Explaining Basic Economic Concepts
I. The Cost and Value of Inventions
J. The Cost and Value of Additional Inventions
K. Shortening or Lengthening The Duration of Patents

...and 7 more chapters.

About the author

Fritz Machlup 1902–1983

Fritz Machlup (1902–1983) was an Austrian-American economist who grew up in Wiener Neustadt, working in his family’s cardboard factory while earning his doctorate under Ludwig von Mises in 1925. Read more about Fritz Machlup.

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