Centenary of the telephone: Patents pro-claim exclusive rights of use and, often, nonuse. The suppression of invention denies the rationale of scientific production and diffusion, as may be seen from the court’s decision in the case of USA versus American Bell Telephone Co. (1897): "The inventor is one who has discovered something of value. It is his absolute property". (Robert Merton, 1968: 612)
country: España
year: 1976
Yvert: 1957
