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Patent Exhaustion First Sale Doctrine Breach of Contract

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Patent Exhaustion: Supreme Court Expands Patent-Limiting Doctrine

The U.S. Supreme Court at the end of the past term handed down a decision, Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc., that greatly expanded the doctrine of patent exhaustion. This equitable doctrine prevents a...more

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Federal Circuit Review - June 2017

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Inter Partes Reexamination Estoppel Attaches On Claim-by-Claim Basis for New Requests and Pending Proceedings - In In re Affinity Labs Of Texas, LLC, Appeal Nos. 2016-1092, 2016-1172, the Federal Circuit held that the...more

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Supreme Court Holds Sale of Patented Product Exhausts All Patent Rights

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In a nearly unanimous opinion issued recently, the U.S. Supreme Court held “a patentee’s decision to sell a product exhausts all of its patent rights in that item, regardless of any restrictions the patentee purports to...more

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First Impressions: New Strategies in the New Era of Patent Exhaustion After Impression Products v. Lexmark International

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In Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, No. 15–1189, 137 S. Ct. ___, 2017 WL 2322830 (May 30, 2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a patentee’s sale of a product exhausts all of its U.S. patent rights in...more

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Supreme Court Clarifies Patent Exhaustion Doctrine and Limits Post-Sale Control

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In Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc., the Supreme Court held that after a patent holder sells a patented product, the patent holder cannot control the product by way of patent rights. United States...more

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First Sale Extinguishes Patent Rights: Supreme Court Guts Manufacturer Control Over Secondary Market

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Manufacturers have long used patents, licenses and litigation to deter competitive products and restrict secondary markets in their products. The U.S. Supreme Court just dealt these practices a severe blow, confirming that a...more

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What the Supreme Court’s Latest Patent Decision Means for Automotive Suppliers

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Although U.S. patent law has long-established limits on enforcement after a patented product has been sold, the technological innovations may put a bulls-eye on the automotive industry for patent litigation. However, when...more

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