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Melvin Watt: “It is not always feasible or desirable for every true invention to receive patent protection.”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2012
It is not always feasible or desirable for every true invention to receive patent protection.
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Melvin Watt
North Carolina

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Argues against mandatory patent protection for all inventions to avoid hindering progress.

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