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(Digital) Circular Economy and IPRs: A Story of Challenges and Opportunities

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Maria Lillà Montagnani is Associate Professor of Commercial Law at Bocconi University, Milan, and is Director of the LL.M. program in European Business and Social Law (EBSL) at Bocconi Law School. She is also a Transatlantic Technology Law Forum Fellow at Stanford Law School.

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Montagnani, M.L. (Digital) Circular Economy and IPRs: A Story of Challenges and Opportunities. IIC 54, 1009–1012 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40319-023-01359-y

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