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The 1850-1880 campaign to abolish patents:

> Abolitionist lobby faded away mid-1870s, as most European countries retreated to tariff protection (prompted by influx of cheap N. American grain and severe economic downturn). https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.usc.es/epip/do...



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