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Revision as of 20:37, 22 April 2013 by Malleus Fatuorum (talk | contribs) (Undid revision 551688845 by Andrewman327 (talk) removed fucking stupid tag)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The British Motor Syndicate was formed in 1895 by entrepreneur Harry Lawson, whose aim was to establish a monopoly right to the production of petrol-driven cars by acquiring the original German Daimler and as many other major patents as he could. The company did not intend to produce motors cars itself, but rather to exploit its patents by charging substantial royalties to British automobile manufacturers. A court decision of 1901 dashed Lawson's aspirations, but by then advances in technology had made many of the patents obsolete.
References
Notes
- Dintenfass & Dormois (2002), p. 134
Bibliography
- Dintenfass, Michael; Dormois, Jean-Pierre (2002), The British Industrial Decline, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-203-44905-9