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Fines should be the punishment in most cases  Patent battles in
court rooms are common all around the world as manufacturers in
the electronics and technology industries try to squeeze all the
money they can out of their intellectual property. Many of the
patents that are used in these legal cases around the world are
for key patents that ensure mobile and other electronic devices
are able to work together. Many of these patents are required by
law to be licensed at reasonable rates and are known as FRAND
patents.  The United States Department of Justice has announced
that companies that own these key patents should only be able to
win sales bans as a punishment for patent infringement in very
rare and very specific cases. The argument by the FTC and DOJ is
that infringement on "standard essential patents" should be
punished with monetary damages instead of sales bans.  These
essential patents have been used in courtrooms around the world
like Appl