Event
Innovation In Invention Ownership

Seeking to lay the foundation of more concise recording of new inventions, Fra Ruler has issued an ordinance detailing the description of new works created within Country. Under the new ordinance, new inventors will need to disclose the specifications of their inventions in order to secure exclusive rights to produce their work.
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11850type = country_event
11851title = flavor_fra.380.title Innovation In Invention Ownership
11852desc = flavor_fra.380.desc Seeking to lay the foundation of more concise recording of new inventions, Fra Ruler has issued an ordinance detailing the description of new works created within Country. Under the new ordinance, new inventors will need to disclose the specifications of their inventions in order to secure exclusive rights to produce their work.
11853outcome = neutral
11854historical_info = flavor_fra.380.historical_info The reign of Henry II saw early innovations in the issuing of patent laws with the invention of the holometer instrument by Abel Foullon in 1551. In order to secure an exclusive patent for his work, Henry II ordered Abel Foullon to publish a description detailing the specifications of the newly invented holometer. In return, Foullon was granted a 10 year exclusive patent for a sanctioned monopoly on the invention, expiring in 1561.
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