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ICBW, but no, I don't think it does, except it perhaps a narrow set of circumstances.

Compulsory Licensing[1] is maybe what you're thinking of, but from what I can tell seems to apply mostly to drug patents, or things {the,a} government wants from you. It has a wider applicability in copyrighted forms of IP, I believe.

Patents that are part of some organised standard are often required to be placed under 'FRAND[2] (Fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory)' compulsory licences to allow for interoperability whilst still allowing the patent holder to receive (reasonable) royalties if they wish.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_licensing

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_and_non-discriminat...




It would be more correct to say that "patents that their owners contribute to some organised standard ..."

If I add a patented process to an important standard, but I don't own the patents, you still don't get those patents just because they are part of some important standard.




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