History of Patents Evidence suggests the ancient Greeks were the first society to grant special rights to inventors. Italy awarded the first patent in 1421 and passed the first patent law in 1474. In America, the early colonies granted a few inventors “monopolies” to produce and sell their...
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However, Charles Geisst, in his 2000 book Monopolies in America, said “(t)he 1970s were a period of intense antitrust activity.”[243] Amy Klobuchar similarly characterized the decade as the “heyday” of antitrust enforcement, citing DOJ case filing data to make the point.[244] ...
The Stalwarts lived in the Reconstruction Era of America, which mostly impacted the Southern states of the United States, and the Gilded Age, which affected the entire country. Both of these eras had significant political and social issues, including the spoils system, the creation of monopolies,...
Ballot initiative systems were adopted by many states, however, between 18971915 in response to corrupt state legislatures dominated by corporations and monopolies. Natural resource issues began appearing on ballots beginning in South Dakota and Oregon in 1908, but have increased rapidly in the last ...
Unlike earlier times when monopolies dominated the spice trade, commerce in spices is now relatively decentralized. Throughout the world, spices and herbs are frequently used in cuisine, to improve flavor, and to provide new tastes. Spices can be found everywhere, including outer space: in 1982,...
The 19th century was marked by the emergence of a liberal opposition press, the abolition of guild monopolies in trade and manufacturing in favor of free enterprise, the introduction of taxation and voting reforms, the installation of a national military service, and the rise in the electorate of...
A former finance minister, Fernando Cardoso, won the presidency in the Oct. 1994 election with 54% of the vote. Cardoso sold off inefficient government-owned monopolies in the telecommunications, electrical power, port, mining, railway, and banking industries. ...
Monopolies came to colonial America well before the United States was born. In many ways, the large-scale public works that were required to build the New World were heavily reliant on large companies to carry them out. These companies were granted exclusive contracts by the colonial governors. ...
The History of Monopolies The term “monopoly” originated in English law to describe a royal grant. Such a grant authorized one merchant or company to trade in a particular good while no other merchant or company could do so. Historically, monopolistic markets arose when single producers received...