Innovation History
The Electric Car Paradox: What a 100-Year-Old Invention Teaches Today’s Inventors
Electric cars once made up roughly a third of vehicles on American roads, then nearly disappeared for most of a century. Here is why,…
Innovation History
The Venetian Patent Statute of 1474: The Original Patent Mandate and Why It Still Matters to Inventors
In 1474 the Venetian Senate passed the first general patent law to reward inventors and grow the economy. Here is what it said, how…