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Patents and Monopolies.
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Origin of the word
patent
.
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Typical Elizabethan monopolies:
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Saltpeter, gunpowder, salt, paper.
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In 1603, Elizabeth declares
monopolies contrary to common
law.
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In re: playing cards.
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Pressure from merchants and
courts.
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Statute of monopolies (1625).
Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603).
Ruled 1558-1603.
Attributed to Nicholas Hilliard. The Tate Gallery, London.
