New findings indicate that there may be benefits from more collaborative models of intellectual property management in the public sector.
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Graff, G., Cullen, S., Bradford, K. et al. The public–private structure of intellectual property ownership in agricultural biotechnology. Nat Biotechnol 21, 989–995 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0903-989
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