1st Edition

Colonial Intellectual Property The Case of Congo

By Véronique Pouillard Copyright 2027
264 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Colonial Intellectual Property: The Case of the Congo  examines the implementation of the Belgian system of intellectual property in the Congo. For the colonized people, some realms of colonial intellectual property such as patents remained closed for a long time, and other domains opened possibilities for participation, such as copyrights. Based on research in unpublished archives in the... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1

Patents during and after the rubber regime: The beginnings of intellectual property in colonial Congo (1880s-1940s)

Chapter 2

Made in Congo? Trademarks and geographical indications in colonial Congo (1880s-1940s)

Chapter 3

Crafts, customs, and commons in the Congo during the interwar period (1910s-1940s)

Chapter 4

Copyright and music during the last decade of colonial Congo (1948 to the 1960s)

Chapter 5

Toward the postcolony (1960s to the 1970s)

Conclusion

Biography

Véronique Pouillard is Professor of International History at the Department of Archeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo. She is working on firms and innovation through history. She has published Paris to New York. The Transatlantic Fashion Industry in the Twentieth Century (2021). Her articles have been published among other journals in Business History, Journalism Studies, New Global Studies, and Resources Policy.