May patent holders enforce their rights on the products of self-replicating technologies, such as replicating seeds, after an authorized sale or does the patent only apply to the original...
first sale doctrine
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Omega is a corporation that manufactures high-end watches in Switzerland. See Omega v. Costco Wholesale Corporation, 541 F.3d 982, 983 (9th Cir. 2008). The company sells its watches worldwide through an authorized network of...
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The Respondent Wiley, is an American company that publishes and sells textbooks. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Kirtsaeng, 654 F.3d 210, 212-13 (2d Cir. 2011). It sells such books to foreign countries through its subsidiary. Id.Wiley’s textbooks that...