The article was first published in the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal.

Mémoire numérisé par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal

This paper is a translation of the first part of an article published in Cahiers de propriété intellectuelle
(2003).

Mémoire numérisé par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal

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