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The original patent on The Landlord's Game expired in 1921. By this time, the hand-made games became known simply as Monopoly. [ 30][ 31] Charles Muhlenberg and his wife, Wilma, taught the game to Wilma's brothers, Louis and Ferdinand "Fred" Thun, in the early 1920s.
The first patent was granted on July 31, 1790 to Samuel Hopkins for a method of producing potash (potassium carbonate). The earliest law required that a working model of each invention be submitted with the application. Patent applications were examined to determine if an inventor was entitled to the grant of a patent.
Darrow was known as the inventor of Monopoly until Ralph Anspach, creator of the Anti-Monopoly game, discovered Magie's patents. Anspach had researched the history of Monopoly in relation to a legal struggle against Parker Brothers regarding his own game, and discovered Darrow's decision to take credit for its invention, despite his having ...
Synonyms. Monopoly. Finance. Auction. The Landlord's Game is a board game patented in 1904 by Elizabeth Magie as U.S. patent 748,626. It is a realty and taxation game intended to educate users about Georgism. It is the inspiration for the 1935 board game Monopoly. [ 1]
A monopoly (from Greek μόνος, mónos, 'single, alone' and πωλεῖν, pōleîn, 'to sell'), as described by Irving Fisher, is a market with the "absence of competition", creating a situation where a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular thing. This contrasts with a monopsony which relates to a single entity ...
The Statute of Monopolies[ 1] ( 21 Jas. 1. c. 3) was an act of the Parliament of England notable as the first statutory expression of English patent law. Patents evolved from letters patent, issued by the monarch to grant monopolies over particular industries to skilled individuals with new techniques.
The first U.S. patent, issued to Samuel Hopkins on July 31, 1790, for an innovative way of making "pot ash and pearl ash". 1790 – First US Patent Act drafted in the US Constitution. The first US Patent, numbered X 000001 (pictured right), was granted on July 31, 1790.
Intellectual property ( IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. [ 1][ 2] There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. [ 3][ 4][ 5] The best-known types are patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. The modern concept of intellectual ...