UPHG researchers present at the BHC in London

March 2026. Yunting Xie, Fredrik Tell, Matti La Mela and Shigehiro Nishimura presented papers at the BHC in London in two panels.

Session 1h: Innovation in Peripheral Economies in the Long 20th Century City and Guilds LT664

Chair: Bernardita Escobar Andrae, University of Valparaiso

Veronique Pouillard, University of Oslo" Analyzing Innovation through a Historical Patent Database: The Case of the Colonial Congo Patent System (1888-Early 1960s)" 

Matti La Mela, University of Uppsala "Co-creation through Patent Disclosure: French Patents in Sweden, 1885–1914" 

Martin Monsalve, University of the Pacific "Engineers, Expertise, and Innovation: The Dual Role of Peruvian Technocrats in Patent System Formation (1893–1930)" 

Session 3k: Innovation through Co-creation City and Guilds 747/748

Chair: John Cantwell, Rutgers University

Discussant: Chris Colvin, Queen's University Belfast

Shigehiro Nishimura, Kobe University and Yunting Xie, Uppsala University and Fredrik Tell, Uppsala University "Gadelius and Swedish Business in Japan: Co-creating Global Business as a Patent Agent " 

Bernardita Escobar Andrae, University of Valparaiso "The Business Cycle of Innovators: A Tale from the Chilean Patent System, 1877-1910" 

Marco Martinez, University of Pisa and Valeria Pinchera, University of Pisa" Trademarking Innovation: Exploring the Role of Intellectual Property in Italy's Fashion industry, 1861–1939"