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A patent year: Andrew Christie’s highlights

Managing IP Correspondent
May 31 2014

Andrew F Christie, professor at Melbourne Law School, talks about the major developments in Australia in the past year, his concerns about the new government’s attitude toward innovation and why common preconceptions about the USPTO and EPO may not be quite accurate

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