The University of Southern California (USC) Gould School of Law has created an infographic that provides some highlights in the history of patent law, starting at around 500 B.C. and including the first ever recorded document that granted rights to an individual and the establishment of the U.S. patent act in 1790. Additional information regarding the infographic can be found here.

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Unfortunately, the Florentine and Venetian patent law history is a bit off on this chart. For those interested in the proper account, see my article, which is based on original archival research: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2126944.
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