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Peter Welch: “Have you ever heard the term evergreening?”

On the recordDecember 12, 2017
Have you ever heard the term evergreening?
Said by
Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Welch introduces the term 'evergreening' in the context of patent control.

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