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Advances In Patent Rights Acquisition In International Patent Law, Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec
Advances In Patent Rights Acquisition In International Patent Law, Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec
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At this centennial event, we have been asked to reflect on the most consequential developments in international intellectual property law of the last 100 years, with an eye towards important future developments as well. This is no small task, given the proliferation of intellectual property-related treaties and the profound changes in business structures, manufacturing, and trade that the last century has seen. The rise of the multinational corporation has been fueled in part by changes to trade laws, and the inclusion of intellectual property in trade-related treaties has facilitated cross-border research and development, manufacturing, and distribution of goods subject to …