Compulsory Licensing in the United States

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EXAMPLES OF COMPULSORY LICENSING OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE UNITED STATES

James Love and Michael Palmedo

CPTech Background paper 1
September 29, 2001

U.S. compulsory licenses for intellectual property can be issued under a variety of programs

  1. Statutory Compulsory Licensing Programs for Copyrights
  2. Federal Government use of Patents or Copyrights Under 28 USC 1498
  3. Licenses as a remedy to anticompetitive practices
  4. The Bayh-Dole Act, the Clean Air Act, Nuclear Energy and Misc sui generis programs

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