Trademarks as Sources of Market Power: Drugs, Beers and Product Differentiation
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Law and Commerce
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2164-7984,0733-2491
DOI: 10.5195/jlc.2017.120