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31 October 2016CopyrightGordon Harris

Does Brexit mean chaos for IP? Gordon Harris responds to backlash

On September 19 at the 2016 AIPPI World Congress in Milan, I said—and have since been widely quoted—that “Brexit means chaos”. I went on to explain my reasoning, but that has not been so widely quoted. WIPR faithfully and accurately reported the remainder of my talk and then asked its readers whether they agreed with me.

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