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What does it mean?
Current disputes over intellectual property are becoming intense and confrontational.
In plain terms
Intellectual property laws are now a major battle ground.
What can you take from it?
Intellectual property rights are now a battlefield.

Where it applies

  • copyright law
  • tech industry
  • legal disputes

Putting it to work

  • update IP laws
  • balance rights
  • resolve disputes

Questions to consider

  • What is at stake in IP?
  • How do you solve IP wars?

Another view

Not all IP disputes are intense.

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