The Commission's Consultation Questionnaire
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FFII Analysis
FFII analysis from this website, in PDF format: wgepl0601-11b.pdf
Classic and Modern Studies
Fritz Machlup, An Economic Review of the Patent System, US Congress Study, 1958 (PDF) - a good paper about the history of patent law under an economic perspective
IFIS Study, Wechselbeziehung zwischen Interoperabilität, Patentschutz und Wettbewerb, 2004, (German pdf ftp://internet-sicherheit.de/swpat/ifis_kurzgutachten.pdf)
Bessen/Hunt, An Empirical Look at Software Patents, Federal Reserve Bank, Philadephia, 2004
