THE EXHAUSTION DOCTRINE REVIVED? ASSESSING THE SCOPE AND POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF THE SUPREME COURT'S QUANTA DECISION.

ACTIONS & defenses (Administrative law); UNITED States. Supreme Court; QUANTA Computer Inc.; LG Electronics Inc.; EXHAUSTION of administrative remedies; INTANGIBLE property; ACTIONS & defenses (Law)

The article focuses on the case Quanta Computer Inc. v. LG Electronics Inc. on exhaustion doctrine at the U.S. Supreme Court. It says that the exhaustion applies only to sales of patented goods, not licenses to make, use or sell. It further states that patentees are not allowed to evade exhaustion by designating as a license. Meanwhile, Quanta reestablished the exhaustion doctrine's application to method claims and clarified its application to incomplete products.