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Patently problematic
An important new study shows the promise, and pitfalls, of intellectual-property rights for the poor
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INTELLECTUAL-PROPERTY rights (IPR), which embrace patents, copyright, trademarks and trade secrets, were once considered an esoteric, and slightly dull, bit of commercial law.
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Science & technology September 14th 2002
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