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Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

1988

Licensing

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Compulsory Patent Licensing In The United States: An Idea Whose Time Has Come, Cole M. Fauver Jan 1988

Compulsory Patent Licensing In The United States: An Idea Whose Time Has Come, Cole M. Fauver

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

This Comment will consider several of the more common grounds justifying compulsory licenses, particularly as they affect international transactions. After analyzing the dynamic between each theory's practical economic effect and general economic philosophy, the Comment will then question whether the current United States policy against general compulsory licenses remains viable in today's economic markets.