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Intellectual Property Institutions in the US: Early Development and Comparative Perspective`
This paper outlines some of the early history of patent institutions in the US. The patent system has been from the very start, and remains, in a state of continual evolution, and has undergone a number of fundamental modifications.
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http://www.dklevine.com/archive/sokoloff-kahn.pdf