Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS xiii
5. TABLE OF CASES CITED xvii
6. Part One. HISTORY OF MONOPOLIES PATENTS OF INVENTION
7. I. INTRODUCTION 3
8. II. DEFINITION OF MONOPOLY 8
9. III. MONOPOLIES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD 19
10. IV. TRADE REGULATION AND THE GUILDS IN ENGLAND 24
11. V. THE USE OF MONOPOLY PRIVILEGE TO ATTRACT NEW MANUFACTURES FROM ABROAD 43
12. VI. MONOPOLIES UNDER ELIZABETH: THE BEGINNING OF THE PATENT OF INVENTION 57
13. VII. MONOPOLIES AND THE COMMON LAW 86
14. VIII. PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL OF MONOPOLIES 92
15. IX. THE STATUTE OF MONOPOLIES 113
16. X. RESURGENCE OF MONOPOLIES 127
17. XI. DECLINE OF THE MONOPOLY SYSTEM 140
18. XII. THE EARL OF STRAFFORD AND MONOPOLIES IN IRELAND 146
19. XIII. EVOLUTION OF THE PATENT OF INVENTION 151
20. XIV. ANALYSIS OF THE MONOPOLY SYSTEM 159
21. XV. THE FUTURE OF THE PATENT OF INVENTION 190
22. Part Two. INVENTION THE PATENT LAW
23. XVI. INTRODUCTION: THE PROBLEM STATED 211
24. XVII. DOCTRINAL TRENDS IN THE CONCEPT OF INVENTION: A COMPARATIVE AND HISTORICAL VIEW 214
25. XVIII. CROSS-CURRENTS IN JUDICIAL OPINION 252
26. XIX. RESULTS OF JUDICIAL UNCERTAINTY 255
27. XX. RECENT SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT 274
28. XXI. PROPOSED SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM 285
29. APPENDIXES 309
30. BIBLIOGRAPHY 369
31. INDEX 377