Patent Reform: Aligning Reward and Contribution

Carl Shapiro
Published Date
Copyright 2007
ISBN 0-226-39121-3
DOI 10.1086/ipe.8.25056200
Book: Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 8
Book editors: Adam B. Jaffe, Josh Lerner & Scott Stern
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
Series: Innovation Policy and the Economy
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Patent Reform: Aligning Reward and Contribution
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Author(s): Carl Shapiro
Economists and policy makers have long recognized that innovators must be able to appropriate a reasonable portion of...

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