ABSTRACT This article explores the complex and changing relationship between technological development, intellectual property, and national security in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Its specific case study concerns an important invention developed by a naval officer. Technological innovations not only were vital to British security but also embodied commercially valuable intellectual property. The state’s interest in acquiring control of the intellectual property to maintain Britain’s naval supremacy was not automatically aligned with the interests of inventors. The alignment was especially fraught in the case of service inventors—that is, inventors in government service, rather than in the private sector. Service inventors, who played a crucial role in maintaining Britain’s naval-technological edge, were governed by special regulations, and they invariably utilized state resources for their inventive work. Exploring these issues sheds important light on the attitude of the British state toward innovation and technological development from the 1850s through the 1920s.

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知识产权与国家安全：硬堡过热器案例，1905-1927

摘要 本文探讨了维多利亚时代晚期和爱德华时代英国的技术发展、知识产权和国家安全之间复杂多变的关系。它的具体案例研究涉及海军军官开发的一项重要发明。技术创新不仅对英国的安全至关重要，而且体现了具有商业价值的知识产权。国家在获得知识产权控制权以维持英国海军霸权方面的利益并不会自动与发明者的利益保持一致。在服务发明人的情况下，这种一致性尤其令人担忧——也就是说，发明人在政府服务中，而不是在私营部门。在维持英国海军技术优势方面发挥关键作用的服务发明者受到特殊法规的约束，他们总是利用国家资源进行创造性工作。探索这些问题可以揭示英国政府从 1850 年代到 1920 年代对创新和技术发展的态度。