As a result, it enjoys extended monopoly protection while the applications are considered.

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C. taxi drivers and Uber services, or the decade-old spat between cable operators and telco-based video providers, understands that when regulators can no longer provider monopoly protection to an incumbent, their basis for imposing monopoly-related fees or obligations washes away.

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The old order, of monopoly and protection and tariff and hunger, gave him a nearly indelible sense of the inherent scarcity of the world.

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Government can also grant monopoly status, barriers to entry and protection from foreign competition.

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The orphan drug act only gives them eight years of exclusivity, but it does set a precedent for giving companies an extension of their monopoly that is not based on patent protection.

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