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by consilient 1048 days ago
> But patent owners get to set the terms under which their patents are licensed

To private entities, sure. The US government can and will force you to grant them a license if necessary.

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Yes, except that's the US government and the inventors here are in South Korea. I don't think the US would get away with declaring 'eminent domain' over something invented in a different country. They could choose to simply not honor the patent but that will open a massive can of worms, especially because a lot of this stuff depends on reciprocity: if your government doesn't honor our key patents, why should we do the reverse?