monopoly rights
Sole market dominance
Monopoly rights are exclusive legal privileges to produce, sell, or control something within a market.
Governments grant monopoly rights through patents, copyrights, or licenses: The pharmaceutical company held monopoly rights to the drug for twenty years.
The term often carries negative connotations, suggesting unfair market control or inflated prices.
- price fixingIllegal coordinated rate-setting
- price gougingExcessive pricing during crises
- unfair advantageUnearned competitive benefit
- copyright enforcementDefending ownership of creative works
- patent protectionExclusive rights to invention
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monopoly rightsopen competition
Unrestricted public contest
free competition · perfect competition · competitive market · free market · open market
monopoly rightspublic domain
Unprotected creative works
open access · free entry · shared access · shared rights · universal access
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