April 19, 2005 1 min read

I Eat My Peas With Honey: Are U.S. Patents Granted with Property Rights or the Public Interest in Mind?

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Mark Silbergeld highlights examples of frivolous and unwise patent granting for the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue Conference: Patents for Poets and Policy Wonks.

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