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e-Commerce Docket Sheet

Recent court rulings in e-commerce.

8 minute read November 01, 2003 at 09:27 AM
By
Julian S. Millstein, Edward A. Pisacreta And Jeffrey D. Neuburger
e-Commerce Docket Sheet

Single-Use Restriction on Patented Toner Cartridges Constitutes Conditional License

The doctrine of exhaustion of patent rights does not render unenforceable a true conditional license containing a single-use restriction imposed by a toner cartridge manufacturer on its patented toner cartridges.

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