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Editorial |
Paying for the privilege
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The value of IP rights is a subject much beloved by commentators; the cost of litigating them is one that is far less so. Non-practitioners are discouraged from writing about costs because it is felt that a person whose perspective is not that of the practitioner is too far removed from the reality of practice to be able to discuss the issues objectively. An exception may be made for economists: their take on the quantum of