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Double-dipping on patents gets the Supremes attention
PatentlyO reports that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving the "first sale doctrine of exhaustion", i.e. can a patent holder charge purchasers of a component that has already been licensed to an upstream producer link here. The case involves Korea's LG company which has patents that it licensed to Intel and is now trying to collect as well from purchasers of Intel products embodying the patent. This is an important case that has already drawn the attention of the Associated Press link here and Techdirt link here.
[Posted at 09/26/2007 07:45 AM by John Bennett on IP in the News 
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Whilst they're making the monopoly of patent as fair a monopoly as copyright, perhaps they could also make patent infringement also only apply to people who've COPIED patented works rather than arrived at them independently?
Of course, as we know, 'as fair a monopoly as' is like 'as hygienic a cesspit as'.
Not quite an oxymoron, but damn close.
[Comment at 09/26/2007 10:08 AM by Crosbie Fitch]
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