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Feb 2015
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50: The Diaper Wars

NANCY MULLANE / PANOPLY
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In the 1980's, the world's two largest diaper companies set out to destroy each other, in a patent battle known as the Diaper Wars. The court battles lasted seven years and cost millions of dollars. What did we get out of it? Better diapers -- and one very messy lesson in patent law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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