exhaustion
- A concept in patent law where a patent owner cannot sue a customer for buying a patented product, essentially ending the patent owner's rights after the product's sale
- The exhaustion principle nullified the patent owner's lawsuit against the product consumer.
- According to exhaustion, the rights of the patent owner ceased once the product sale was finalized.
- Despite the patent owner's protest, the concept of exhaustion provided protection for the consumer.
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