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![varma_ashwin97 Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::797601576.png) Ashwin Varma, MD [@varma_ashwin97](/creator/twitter/varma_ashwin97) on x 2059 followers
Created: 2025-07-17 21:08:37 UTC

E.g., US semiconductor makers were banned from entering Japan in the 1960s. Texas Instruments was allowed to only because they licensed ALL their IC patents, which then got sublicensed to the entire Japanese semi industry (Toshiba, NEC, etc.)


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