In the presence of coercive government, monopolistic competition will fall into government-granted monopoly.

Such an organization is called a mandatory, integrated, or unified bar, and is a type of government-granted monopoly.

That is a government-granted monopoly by a city council that has always shown bad judgement when it comes to these kinds of decisions.

It is usually distinguished from a government-granted monopoly, where the government grants a monopoly to a private individual or company.

The exclusive government-granted monopoly that one has to one's intellectual property is merely the means to this, not the goal.

Intellectual property such as copyrights and patents are government-granted monopolies.

In many countries lucrative natural resources industries, especially the petroleum industry, are controlled by government-granted monopolies.

Opponents of government-granted monopoly often point out that such a firm is able to set its pricing and production policies without fear of breeding potential competition.

One historical example of this is the government-granted monopoly in steamboat traffic operated by Robert Fulton.

For example, competition may be legally prohibited as in the case with a government monopoly or a government-granted monopoly.