United States V. Glaxo Group Ltd.

United States v. Glaxo Group Ltd., 410 U.S. 52 (1973), is a decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the Court held that (1) when a patent is directly involved in an antitrust violation, the Government may challenge the validity of the patent; and (2) ordinarily, in patent-antitrust cases, “andatory selling on specified terms and compulsory patent licensing at reasonable charges are recognized antitrust remedies.”

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