A new way to measure success in the IT industry

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A new way to measure success in the IT industry

Managing IP Correspondent
June 30 2006

Meir Perez Pugatch introduces a project organized jointly by MIP and the Stockholm Network, in association with Progress & Freedom Foundation, to assess the level of IP protection available for the IT industry in the world's major markets

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