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In theory, a royalty is a term of contract under which someone pays for the use of rights under property owned by others, often as a percentage of profits.

In practice, requiring someone to pay royalties for an invention after it becomes "public domain" would be considered a "misuse of patents", by attempting to extend its term against contracted parties.

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