Comments on: Recent Invitation Brief Filed http://www.scotusblog.com/2007/08/recent-invitation-brief-filed/ The Supreme Court of the United States blog Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eric M. Freedman http://www.scotusblog.com/2007/08/recent-invitation-brief-filed/#comment-11916 Eric M. Freedman Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:59:57 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/recent-invitation-brief-filed/#comment-11916 For better or worse, here's the full text. QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a patentee’s federal patent rights are exhausted by a licensee’s authorized sale of an essential component that has no reasonable use other than in practicing the patented invention, when the patentee has purported to retain in its licensing agreement the right to pursue patent infringement claims against those who purchase the component from the licensee and use it for its only reasonable use. For better or worse, here’s the full text.

QUESTION PRESENTED
Whether a patentee’s federal patent rights are
exhausted by a licensee’s authorized sale of an essential component that has no reasonable use other than in practicing the patented invention, when the patentee has purported to retain in its licensing agreement the right to pursue patent infringement claims against those who purchase the component from the licensee and use it for its only reasonable use.

]]> By: Elizabeth Nugent http://www.scotusblog.com/2007/08/recent-invitation-brief-filed/#comment-11915 Elizabeth Nugent Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:35:45 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/recent-invitation-brief-filed/#comment-11915 psst - there's a typo in your question presented. It looks like you left out a line from the brief. psst – there’s a typo in your question presented. It looks like you left out a line from the brief.

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