Patenting innovation : intellectual property rights in the new economy
In advanced industrial economies where, increasingly, intellectual assets are the principal source of value, productivity, and growth, strong intellectual property rights (IPRs)—conferred by patents, copyrights, and penalties for misappropriation of trade secrets—are an important inducement to in...
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Language: | English |
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2009
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12210 |