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Manufacturers Patents Patent Exhaustion

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Fed. Circ. Offers Guidance on Right to Repair in Patent Law

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For many product manufacturers, post-sale repair and maintenance of their products is a significant source of revenue, and manufacturers use various incentives to entice their customers to return to them for post-sale...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Authorized Sale of a Product Does Not Exhaust Patent Rights Against Upstream Parties in the Chain of Commerce

A district court in the Western District of Washington denied Adaptics Ltd.’s (“Adaptics”) motion for summary judgment of patent exhaustion, which was based on a theory that an authorized sale by a downstream reseller can...more

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The Future of “Single Use Restrictions” in Jeopardy

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In 1992, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that manufacturers of patented medical devices can use the patent laws to enforce single-use restrictions on medical devices. Mallinckrodt, Inc. v....more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Drafting Intellectual Property Agreements: Best Practices From a Litigator’s Perspective

As intellectual property licensing continues to grow more prevalent, legal practitioners and business personnel are being asked to craft and negotiate agreements that can significantly impact a business’s ability to compete...more

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