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On July 29, 1975, the Federal Trade Commission entered a consent order against Xerox Corp., resolving a complaint that the company had monopolized the market for the sale and lease of office copiers in the United States.1 The conduct charged in the complaint2 related principally to Xerox's accumulation and licensing of patents and its marketing practices with respect to the products protected by those patents.3 To remedy this alleged misconduct, the order4 required Xerox to license its patents for a small royalty and to abandon the challenged marketing practices.5