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Patent

A version of this essay was published in the Encyclopedia of World Trade published by ME Sharpe Publishers, Armonk, New York.
Patent © Anup Mukherjee
The word ‘Patent’ is derived from the Latin word patere, which means to be open or public. Patent is a form of intellectual property right (IPR). The intellectual property can be broadly [...]