Title
Who Owns the Charles River Bridge? Intellectual Property and Competition in the Software Industry
Author
Robert P Merges, UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall
Date
1/01/2005
(Original Publish Date: 4/2/1999)
(Original Publish Date: 4/2/1999)
Abstract
Long, long ago, in an economy far away, decisionmakers responsible for maintaining the footings of commerce faced a troubling question: should entrenched property rights, manifested in a publicly chartered bridge franchise, be permitted to stand in the wa
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