> � Although in the United States the patent law does not provide for > compulsory licenses, this is probably the country with the richest > experience in the granting of compulsory licenses to remedy > anti-competitive practices. More than one hundred such licenses have > been granted (Scherer, 1999). Compulsory licenses have been granted in > the United States in relation to present and future patents � > ( > http://www.netamericas.net/Researchpapers/Documents/Ccorrea/ > Ccorrea3.doc ) > That is anti-trust law and not patent. If the patent was licensed to some browser vendors, but not others --namely Microsoft who is a monopoly-- then it wouldn't be considered an anti-competitive practice.
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