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If there is legal concept that has never ceased to be controversial, it is the concept of property. In recent times, the debate has centred on the concept of intellectual property (IP). This is not surprising: intangible assets have become the cornerstone from which most advanced firms develop their business and survive global competition in times of ever increasing mobility of capital and labour services.
Professor of Public Economics at the Faculty of Economics, Università di Bologna, Italy. I am grateful to Frank Fagan for helpful comments
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Franzoni, L.A. (2008). The Contract Theory of Patents in Perspective. In: Eger, T., Bigus, J., Ott, C., von Wangenheim, G. (eds) Internationalisierung des Rechts und seine ökonomische Analyse. Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8350-5582-7_8
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