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Intellectual Property Law, David Vaver, Concord, Ont.: Irwin Law, Essentials of Canadian Law, 1996, 345 pp.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 July 2014
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- Canadian Journal of Law and Society / La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , Fall/automne 1999 , pp. 255 - 261
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- Copyright © Canadian Law and Society Association 1999
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