If ‘intellectual property rights’ is the answer, what is the question? Revisiting the patent controversies

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 417-442

  Andersen, Birgitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intellectual property rights (IPRs); Patents; Policy; Rationales; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944501581     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1043859042000188692     Document Type: Article

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