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Patent rights: once more around the block

Nature volume 273, pages 420–421 (1978)Cite this article

David Dickson reports on the latest skirmishing in the US over who should get rich out of money-spinning inventions

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Dickson, D. Patent rights: once more around the block. Nature 273, 420–421 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/273420a0

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