An economic approach to identifying an “effective sui generis system” for plant variety protection under trips

Agribusiness

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 96-114

  Lesser, W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 84901837683     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6297(200024)16:1<96::AID-AGR8>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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