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- ↑ Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law. Profile. Detailed Description of the Institute. Consulted on March 21, 2008.
- 1 2 MIPLC web site, About MIPLC Archived 2006-02-08 at the Wayback Machine . Consulted on March 21, 2008.
- ↑ Munich Intellectual Property Law Center web page, George Washington University Law School.
