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Downloadable Textbook
The complete course textbook for 6.901/6.931, Create or Perish, by Dr. Robert Rines, is provided below.
Cover and Introduction (PDF)#
Course readings.
| CHAPTER # |
TOPICS |
| 1 |
The Origin and Development of the American Patent System (PDF)# |
| 2 |
The Role of the Patent Office and the Courts (PDF)# |
| 3 |
The Patent Law (PDF)# |
| 4 |
Patents in Action (The History of the Basic Telephone Patent) (PDF)# |
| 5 |
The Rights, Obligations, and Problems of Inventors (Employee-Employer Relations) (PDF)# |
| 6 |
The Future of American Patents (PDF)# |
| 7 |
The Modernization of Patent Systems (PDF)# |
| 8 |
Court Modernization for Aiding the Patent System and the Law, in General (PDF)# |
| 9 |
A Formula for Economic Decline (PDF)# |