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On the Complex Economics of Patent Scope
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Metadata
- Authors
- Merges, R. P., & Nelson, R. R.
- Venue
- Columbia Law Review
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1990-05
- Volume
- 90
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 839
- ISSN
- 0010-1958 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1522670635
- Cited by
- 930
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 7.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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