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The classic interpretation of patent exhaustion, also known as the doctrine of first sale, holds that the first sale or licence of a patented product ‘exhausts’ the patent owner’s rights or control relative to that product; subsequent users are free from patent claims. The product is de facto ‘licensed’. This basic interpretation is eventually expanded to address method claims and self-replicating technologies.

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Wazzan, C.P. (2016). Patent Exhaustion. In: Augier, M., Teece, D. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94848-2_777-1

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