Patents, meet napster: 3d printing and the digitization of things

Georgetown Law Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1691-1720

  Desai, Deven R ^a   Magliocca, Gerard N ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Indiana University School of Law Indianapolis   (United States)

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EID: 84906873307     PISSN: 00168092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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