Stealing in the dark the improvements of others -- The genius which conceived and the toil which compiled the book -- If these mill owners desire to cripple a man's enterprise and his energy and intelligence, they must contract to that effect -- An ingenious man enabled by contract -- They claim to own him, body, and soul -- Corporate management of science and scientific management of corporations -- The corporation's money paid for the painting ; its artist colored it; its president designed it -- Conclusion : attribution, authenticity, and the corporate production of technology and culture.
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In most sectors of today's economy, it is a foundational and widely accepted truth that businesses retain legal ownership of employee-generated intellectual property. That was not the case in the 19th century, however, when workplace knowledge and technical skill were considered the property of skilled workers. Fisk chronicles the legal and social transformations that led to the transfer of ownership of employee innovation from labor to management and argues that this deeply contested development was won at the expense of workers' entrepreneurial independence and ultimately economic democracy.
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JSTOR
Stock Number
22573/ctt614v7
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Title
Working knowledge.
International Standard Book Number
9780807833025
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Employee innovation and the rise of corporate intellectual property, 1800-1930
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Intellectual property-- United States.
Inventions, Employees'-- United States-- History.
Patents and government-developed inventions-- United States.