200 Years of Patents Exhibition (IV). Gallery of Innovative Entrepreneurs
To celebrate two hundred years since the enactment of the first Patent Law in Spain, the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, in collaboration with the Autonomous University of Madrid, has inaugurated a virtual exhibition entitled: 200 Years of Patents.
The exhibition celebrates the origins of modern Industrial Property in Spain (1810-1812) through a virtual tour of various galleries as if it were a museum.
Schumpeter, now a classic economist, pointed out in his theories on technological change and economic growth that the real protagonists aren’t inventors, but INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURS; in other words, those seeking applications for new ideas in their production processes.
The gallery “Innovative Entrepreneurs” is dedicated to entrepreneurs and companies who have used, and extensively continue to use, the patent system to create wealth. Among them, we can highlight Marc Birkigt and Damián Mateu, the founders of “La Hispano-Suiza,” the American entrepreneur Henry Ford, and Eduardo Barreiros, the founder of Barreiros Diesel SA, among others.
The exhibition is accessible at:
http://www.exposicionesvirtuales.oepm.es
www.oepm.es
