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Management article
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Reference no. 90511
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: "Harvard Business Review", 1990
Length: 9 pages

Abstract

Donald M. Spero, CEO of Fusion Systems, provides an inside look at his company''s long-standing patent dispute with Mitsubishi Electric Co. Spero describes the profound differences between the Japanese patent-law system and the U.S. and European systems. The Japanese system is designed to benefit large companies that can obtain technology from below and commercialize it. Its goal is to share technology, not protect it.

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Abstract

Donald M. Spero, CEO of Fusion Systems, provides an inside look at his company''s long-standing patent dispute with Mitsubishi Electric Co. Spero describes the profound differences between the Japanese patent-law system and the U.S. and European systems. The Japanese system is designed to benefit large companies that can obtain technology from below and commercialize it. Its goal is to share technology, not protect it.

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