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('''Patent exhaustion''' limits the rights of patent holders to enforce their patents against downstream customers. It is closely related to the "first sale doctrine". Both concepts exist in the [[US)
 
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HELP: are there any examples of how this applies to [[software patents]]?
 
HELP: are there any examples of how this applies to [[software patents]]?
  
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* [http://www.eff.org/files/quanta.pdf Quanta v. LGE], a 2008 decision by the [[US Supreme Court]] defining patent exhaustion
 
** [http://news.swpat.org/2010/05/mpeglas-patents-exhausted/ MPEG-LA’s patents exhausted by camera sale?] (incomplete)
 
 
 
 
 
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Revision as of 22:10, 4 June 2010

Patent exhaustion limits the rights of patent holders to enforce their patents against downstream customers. It is closely related to the "first sale doctrine". Both concepts exist in the USA, and similar probably exists in other countries.

HELP: are there any examples of how this applies to software patents?

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