Fisk, Catherine L.,  1961- <br/><br/>
Working knowledge  employee innovation and the rise of corporate intellectual property, 1800-1930 /  [electronic resource] : 
Catherine L. Fisk. 
 - Chapel Hill, [N.C.] :  University of North Carolina Press,  c2009. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 360 p.). 
 - Studies in legal history .
 - Studies in legal history. .
<br/><br/> Published in association with the American Society for Legal History. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Skilled workers of the early nineteenth century enjoyed a degree of professional independence because workplace knowledge and technical skill were their 'property', or at least their attribute. In most sectors of today's economy, however, it is a fundamental and widely accepted truth that businesses retain legal ownership of employee-generated intellectual property. This book chronicles the legal and social transformations that led to the transfer of ownership of employee innovation from labour to management. 
<br/><br/> Specialized. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781469605333  No price 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Inventions, Employees'--History.--United States<br/>Intellectual property--United States.<br/>Patents and government-developed inventions--United States.<br/>Law.<br/>Legal history.<br/>Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF3135  / .F57 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>346.730486