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Patent theory on the back of a napkin

by Interactive Advisors|Published September 19, 2012

In the wake of the big Apple-Samsung case and rising patent litigation in the tech industry, a sketch from the concerned economist Alex Tabarrok of the blog Marginal Revolution:

Source: Patent Policy on the Back of a Napkin.

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