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He is then typically granted the sole right to sell the product for 17-20 years from the time the patent application was filed.
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It also has agreed to knock out the compulsory middlemen, the bane of businesses trying to penetrate China, who currently have the sole right to import, export and distribute products.
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Under the so-called "dormant Commerce Clause" doctrine (dormant because it isn't actually written anywhere) the Supreme Court has interpreted the Commerce Clause in the Constitution, which gives Congress the sole right to regulate interstate commerce, as a mandate to strike down state laws that interfere with same.
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