Protecting early innovators: Should second-generation products be patentable?

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 322-331

  Scotchmer, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0039333702     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2555929     Document Type: Article

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