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Technology appropriation in knowledge economy: innovation and intellectual property in Latin American software industry … Intellectual property rights aim at providing incentives for innovation, but can also constitute a burden for technological … diffusion. This article discusses the conflicts arising from software patent protection, an area in which the assets are …