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[Software patents] The good, the bad, and the messy

Published: 01 October 2007 Publication History

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The goal of improving patent quality remains elusive both from an economic and process perspective.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 50, Issue 10
October 2007
109 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1290958
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