Antitrust limits to patent settlements

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 391-411

  Shapiro, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0043246455     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1593724     Document Type: Conference Paper

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