Patents and Cartographic Inventions : a New Perspective for Map History.
Monmonier, Mark.
2017
H1-970.9
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Title Patents and Cartographic Inventions : a New Perspective for Map History.
Author Monmonier, Mark.
ISBN 9783319510408
3319510401
9783319510392
3319510398
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51040-8
Imprint Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2017.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (273 pages).
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-319-51040-8 doi
Call Number H1-970.9
Dewey Decimal Classification 300
Summary This book explores the US patent system, which helped practical minded innovators establish intellectual property rights and fulfill the need for achievement that motivates inventors and scholars alike. In this sense, the patent system was a parallel literature: a vetting institution similar to the conventional academic-scientific-technical journal insofar as the patent examiner was both editor and peer reviewer, while the patent attorney was a co-author or ghost writer. In probing evolving notions of novelty, non-obviousness, and cumulative innovation, Mark Monmonier examines rural address guides, folding schemes, world map projections, diverse improvements of the terrestrial globe, mechanical route-following machines that anticipated the GPS navigator, and the early electrical you-are-here mall map, which opened the way for digital cartography and provided fodder for patent trolls, who treat the patent largely as a license to litigate.
Note This book explores the US patent system, which helped practical minded innovators establish intellectual property rights and fulfill the need for achievement that motivates inventors and scholars alike. In this sense, the patent system was a parallel literature: a vetting institution similar to the conventional academic-scientific-technical journal insofar as the patent examiner was both editor and peer reviewer, while the patent attorney was a co-author or ghost writer. In probing evolving notions of novelty, non-obviousness, and cumulative innovation, Mark Monmonier examines rural address guides, folding schemes, world map projections, diverse improvements of the terrestrial globe, mechanical route-following machines that anticipated the GPS navigator, and the early electrical you-are-here mall map, which opened the way for digital cartography and provided fodder for patent trolls, who treat the patent largely as a license to litigate.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology.
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1. Maps and Patents
2. Pinpointing Location
3. Showing the Way
4. Folding, Unfolding
5. World Views
6. Global Affairs
7. Current Events
Appendix: How to Find a Patent.

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