Earliest form of patents BC e. 500 years BC e. in Sybaris, Greece, chefs received 1 year for new types of dishes
The world’s first patent for an invention was issued in 1421 until 1424. City Council of Florence in the name of Filippo Brunelleschi, who invented the ship’s rotary crane. And he had a monopoly on this invention for 3 years. After 1424, the invention was built by craftsmen
Copyright law was passed in England in 1710 and was called the Statute of Queen Anne. According to it, the term of protection for a published work was 14 years and could be extended for the same period of time during the lifetime of the author.
In America, the Patents Act of 1790 was the first patent law in the United States. It was called the «Law for the Promotion of the Useful Arts» and was passed on April 10, 1790.
The WIPO Convention, the document establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), was signed in Stockholm on July 14, 1967, entered into force in 1970, and was amended in 1979. WIPO is an intergovernmental organization that in 1974 became one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations system.