Appropriating signs and meaning: The elusive economics of trademark

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 937-963

  Ramello, Giovanni B ^a   Silva, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b NONE

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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS;

EID: 33845701572     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtl027     Document Type: Article

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