We Wanted More Arne Jacobsen Chairs but All We Got Was Boxes – Experiences from the Protection of Designs in Scandinavia from 1970 till the Directive

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We Wanted More Arne Jacobsen Chairs but All We Got Was Boxes – Experiences from the Protection of Designs in Scandinavia from 1970 till the Directive. / Schovsbo, Jens Hemmingsen; Teilmann-Lock, Stina.

In: I I C - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, No. 4, 2016, p. 418-437.

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Harvard

Schovsbo, JH & Teilmann-Lock, S 2016, 'We Wanted More Arne Jacobsen Chairs but All We Got Was Boxes – Experiences from the Protection of Designs in Scandinavia from 1970 till the Directive', I I C - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, no. 4, pp. 418-437. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40319-016-0477-6

APA

Schovsbo, J. H., & Teilmann-Lock, S. (2016). We Wanted More Arne Jacobsen Chairs but All We Got Was Boxes – Experiences from the Protection of Designs in Scandinavia from 1970 till the Directive. I I C - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, (4), 418-437. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40319-016-0477-6

Vancouver

Schovsbo JH, Teilmann-Lock S. We Wanted More Arne Jacobsen Chairs but All We Got Was Boxes – Experiences from the Protection of Designs in Scandinavia from 1970 till the Directive. I I C - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law. 2016;(4):418-437. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40319-016-0477-6

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Schovsbo, Jens Hemmingsen ; Teilmann-Lock, Stina. / We Wanted More Arne Jacobsen Chairs but All We Got Was Boxes – Experiences from the Protection of Designs in Scandinavia from 1970 till the Directive. In: I I C - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law. 2016 ; No. 4. pp. 418-437.

Bibtex

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