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  • November 1994 (Revised January 2006)
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An Introduction to Patents and Trade Secrets

By: Josh Lerner
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Abstract

Provides an overview of patent and trade secret protection. Also discusses the legal processes through which intellectual property is protected and litigated.

Keywords

Patents; Intellectual Property

Citation

Lerner, Josh. "An Introduction to Patents and Trade Secrets." Harvard Business School Background Note 295-062, November 1994. (Revised January 2006.)
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