Three essays on proprietary rights and innovation: evidence from the invalidated gene patents

The role of intellectual property (IP) rights, such as patents, in innovation is the subject of an ongoing debate. Using a sudden shift in the patentability of genomic compounds, this dissertation contributes new evidence to this debate by shedding light on three different roles that patents can pla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Khoshsokhan, Sina
Other Authors: Ziedonis, Rosemarie
Language:en_US
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2144/36017