The good, the bad, and the messy

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 47-52

  Thatcher, Matt E ^a   Pingry, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

PATENT AUTHORITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOFTWARE PRODUCT;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 34848855784     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1290958.1290961     Document Type: Article

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