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Read our current issue: Volume 14, Issue 4 - Winter 2009

The Doctrine of Patent Exhaustion: The Impact of Quanta Computer, Inc., v. LG Elecs., Inc.
By Yuichi Watanabe
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Elecs., Inc., the patent exhaustion doctrine has gained renewed interest and attention in the patent industry. In Quanta, the Court upheld an accused infringer’s defense based on patent exhaustion, also known as the first-sale doctrine, which holds that an authorized, unconditional sale of a patented ...
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