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Two cheers for intellectual-property law

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Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith says policymakers and the public risk drawing the wrong lessons from recent patent controversies. Samuel Johnson famously quipped that the prospect of death by hanging helps to concentrate a man's mind. Likewise, nothing is more effective at focusing attention on the Continue Reading »


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