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on obtaining patents on inventions that others actually need and want to use
and that cannot be readily designed around. e only way to compel a company
(sometimes called the “target licensee”) to license a patent is to make sure that it
otherwise has no choice but to infringe it. Actually, for some assertive licensors,
there has only to be a whi of potential infringement for them to approach a tar-
get licensee. Some target licensees will do what it takes to avoid litigation, even if
they believe they are not infringing, and thus can be compelled to take a license.
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