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economics of intellectual property  

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  • Intellectual property (IP) comprises a variegated array of distinct legal regimes: patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark, misappropriation, and several specialized modes of protection, such as mask work (semiconductor chips), design, and database. Although multiple IP regimes can protect different aspects of the same work—computer software being a prime example—each mode of IP protection has distinct characteristics and limitations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Intellectual Property, Economics Of]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-NVHDQFWH-2

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