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Patent Abuse

Jesse Walker | 4.14.2003 5:48 AM

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Unocal has been abusing the patent system and the regulatory maze to get a leg up on its competitors. Ben Lieberman has the details.

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Books Editor Jesse Walker is the author of Rebels on the Air and The United States of Paranoia.

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