Intellectual property rights in a changing political environment: Perspectives on the types and administration of protection

AgBioForum

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 64-72

  Lesser, William ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

FDI; Foreign direct investment; Intellectual property rights; IPR; Patent quality; Plant variety protection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 25844432079     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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