Parliament, Inventions and Patents

Phillip Johnson is Professor of Commercial Law at Cardiff University, UK. His research interests include patent law, public law and legal history. His publications include a leading practitioner text, The Modern Law of Patents (Lexisnexis), and Privatised Law Reform: A History of Patent Law through Private Legislation, 1620–1907.

• Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part 1: Public Acts and Bills; 1. Public Patent Acts; 2. Public Acts with Patent Provisions; 3. Public Patent Bills; Part 2: Private Acts and Bills; 4. Private Acts; 5. Private Bills and Notices; 6. Private Bill Standing Orders; Part 3: Acts and Legislation of the Old Scottish and Irish Parliament; 7. Scottish Acts granted exclusive rights; 8. Manufactory Acts; 9. Other Scottish Parliamentary Material; 10. Irish Bills; Part 4: Statutory Instruments; Part 5: Parliamentary Rewards; 11. Parliamentary Rewards Granted; 12. Parliamentary Rewards Sought But Not Granted; Part 6: Parliamentary and Command Papers; 13. Parliamentary Reports into the Patent System; 14. Parliamentary Papers; 15. Reports of the Commissioner and Comptroller under the Patents Acts; 16. Reports on International Exhibitions; 17. Reports of Royal Commissions on Awards to Inventors; 18. Command Papers relating to International Treaties; 19. Command Papers relating to the British Empire Patent Proposal; Part 7: Petitions; Part 8: Parliamentary Questions and Debates; 20. Parliamentary Questions; 21. Parliamentary Debates and Comments; Index of Inventors; Index of Companies; Index of Inventions/products; Index of Parliamentarians; Index of Legislation; Index of Cases; General Index;

Highly Commended in the inaugural Harley Prize of the British Records Association