%0 Journal Article
%T The Economist et la controverse sur les brevets, 1850-1875 The Economist and the Patent Controversy, 1850-1875
%A Alain Le£¿Pichon
%J Revue LISA / LISA e-journal
%D 2009
%I Maison de la Recherche en Sciences Humaines
%R 10.4000/lisa.2187
%X The opening of Great Exhibition of 1851 coincided with the start of a long debate on the law of patents. The question was whether patents were an encouragement to economic development or a hindrance. For The Economist which had been founded a few years earlier in the wake of the debate on the Corn Laws, the straightforward answer was that they were a hindrance and should be abolished. This article examines the arguments used by The Economist and shows that its analysis technological progress in the Victorian industry foreshadowed some of today¡¯s concerns.
%K invention
%K brevets
%K propri¨¦t¨¦ intellectuelle
%K propri¨¦t¨¦ industrielle
%K diffusion du savoir
%K id¨¦ologie anti-monopoliste
%K l¨¦gislation sur les brevets
%K monopole
%K progr¨¨s ¨¦conomique
%K progr¨¨s technologique
%K intellectual property
%K industrial property
%K technology
%K patent
%K knowledge
%K legislation
%K monopoly
%K progress
%K XIXe si¨¨cle
%K 19th century
%K soci¨¦t¨¦
%K Grande-Bretagne
%K society
%K Great Britain
%K media
%K m¨¦dias
%K histoire
%K history
%K ¨¦conomie
%K economy
%U http://lisa.revues.org/2187