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===The Florentine Republic===

===The Florentine Republic===

During the birth of the Florentine Republic, historical accounts revealed that franchise, privileges and royal favors were granted to individuals for their works and inventions. According to Bugbee, the Florentine Republic issued the first statutes protecting the rights of authors and inventors of products from their intellectual creations on  June 14, 1921 to a famous architect named  Filippo Brunelleschi.The Florentine Patent Statute of 1421 became the basis of the first lasting intellectual property institution written in the Venetian Republic statute of 1474 which was established 150 years prior to England's Statute of Monopolies.<ref>[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/intellectual-property/ Intellectual Property during the Florentine Republic]</ref>

During the birth of the Florentine Republic, historical accounts revealed that franchise, privileges and royal favors were granted to individuals for their works and inventions. According to Bugbee, the Florentine Republic issued the first statutes protecting the rights of authors and inventors of products from their intellectual creations on  June 14, 1421 to a famous architect named  Filippo Brunelleschi. The Florentine Patent Statute of 1421 became the basis of the first lasting intellectual property institution, written in the Venetian Republic statute of 1474, which was established 150 years prior to England's Statute of Monopolies.<ref>[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/intellectual-property/ Intellectual Property during the Florentine Republic]</ref>

According to the Frank D. Prager, author of the Journal of the Patent office Society 26 (11), the first person who received the first actual Patent of Monopoly in Venice was John of Speyer, A German printer.He was given the exclusive right to print without opposition based on customary law and it was later confirmed with a written pronouncement by means of statute of administrative Decree.<ref>[http://www.compilerpress.ca/Library/Prager%20History%20of%20IP%201545-1787%20JPOS%201944.htm#1469:_Patent_of_John_of_Speyer_[191[_ Prager History of Intellectual Property]</ref> During this period, inventions were officially evaluated and examined by experts before patent is granted. Two recorded copyright and patent were enforced in Venice. Copyrights were also granted in Venice around 1500's for new and old books. However, commerce in Venice declined and the development of copyright was subdued by Church and State Censorship.

According to the Frank D. Prager, author of the Journal of the Patent office Society 26 (11), the first person who received the first actual Patent of Monopoly in Venice was John of Speyer, A German printer. He was given the exclusive right to print without opposition based on customary law and it was later confirmed with a written pronouncement by means of statute of administrative Decree.<ref>[http://www.compilerpress.ca/Library/Prager%20History%20of%20IP%201545-1787%20JPOS%201944.htm#1469:_Patent_of_John_of_Speyer_[191[_ Prager History of Intellectual Property]</ref> During this period, inventions were officially evaluated and examined by experts before a patent was granted. Two recorded copyright and patents were enforced in Venice. Copyrights were also granted in Venice around the 1500's for new and old books. However, commerce in Venice declined and the development of copyright was subdued by Church and State Censorship.

===The Statute of Monopolies===

===The Statute of Monopolies===