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Maintenance, Replacement and Recycling – Patentees’ Rights in the Aftermarkets - Germany, the U.S. and Japan
Mineko Mohri
Verlag Herbert Utz Verlag , 2010
ISBN 9783831609642 , 174 Seiten
Format PDF, OL
Kopierschutz DRM
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Preface
4
Table of Contents
6
Chapter 1. Introduction
10
1.1 Interested Parties in the Aftermarket and Patent Exhaustion Doctrine
10
1.2 Status Quo in Germany, the U.S., and Japan
11
1.3 Overview of this Research
13
Chapter 2. Patentees’ Rights and Purchasers’ Rights: the Exhaustion Doctrine
15
Chapter 3. Cases of Maintenance, Replacement and Recycling: Scope of Allowed Activities in the Aftermarket
66
3.1 Introduction
66
3.2 Germany
67
3.2.1 Maintenance
67
3.2.2 Replacement of Parts
68
3.2.3 Recycling
77
3.2.4 Characteristics of Rulings
79
3.3 The U.S.
81
3.3.1 Maintenance
81
3.3.2 Replacement of Parts
82
3.3.3 Recycling
92
3.3.4 Characteristics of Rulings
97
3.4 Japan
99
3.4.1 Maintenance
99
3.4.2 Replacement of Parts in Japan
100
3.4.3 Recycling
101
3.5 Summary and Thoughts
113
3.5.1 Comparative Summary
113
3.5.2 Doubts About Known “repair / reconstruction” and “identity” Criteria
114
3.5.3 A Possible Guideline: “transfer of full value” Based on the Patent Law’s Aim
116
Chapter 4. Patent Enforcement and Contract / Competition Law
118
4.1 Introduction
118
4.2 What is a Patent Right?
118
4.3 Could the Domestic Exhaustion Doctrine Be Contracted Out?
119
4.3.1 The U.S. Cases on “single use only” Agreements
120
4.3.2 Germany
130
4.3.3 Japan
131
4.3.4 Summary – Who Should Decide the Scope of “Reward”?
132
4.4 IPR Enforcement in the Aftermarket
134
4.4.1 “Repair Clause” in EU Design Law
135
4.4.2 The U.S.
139
4.4.3 Japan
141
4.4.4 Summary
142
Chapter 5. Conclusion: The Scope of the “ Full Value” that the Patent Regime Plans to Grant
144
5.1 Summary of Findings
144
5.2 Thoughts About the Road Ahead
147
Zusammenfassung
150
Appendix
157
A. Tables of Laws
157
B. Table of Cases
157
C. Bibliography
163
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