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Big business, big government and big legal questions

Managing IP Correspondent
September 26 2014

Big data is here to stay, but what does it mean for IP? Todd Vare and Michael Mattioli look at how big data can be protected in the US, and ask whether it can thrive under the existing legal framework

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