Unlocking technology: Antitrust and innovation

Competition Policy and Patent Law under Uncertainty: Regulating Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 120-165

  Spulber, Daniel F ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84924713237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511974984.005     Document Type: Chapter

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