Supreme Court Patent Cases: Post Sale Exhaustion
Patent – Patently-O 2016-11-15
Summary:
by Dennis Crouch Substantive Patent Law: Newly filed petition in Merck & Cie v. Watson Labs raises a core substantive patent issue – does the on sale bar apply to secret sales? The defendant asks: Whether the “on sale” bar found in § 102(b) applies only to sales or offers of sale made available to the public, […]