Intellectual Property
On June 9, 2008, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc., and held that the "authorized sale of an article that substantially embodies a patent exhausts the patent holder's rights and prevents the patent holder from invoking patent law to control postsale use of the article." Relying in large measure on United States v. Univis Lens, 316 U.S. 241 (1942), the Court sought to clarify the law of patent exhaustion. The Quanta decision will have significant implications across many industries, particularly on technology transactions and licenses.
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