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Maintenance, Replacement and Recycling – Patentees’ Rights in the Aftermarkets Germany, the U.S. and Japan

:	Mineko Mohri
:	Maintenance, Replacement and Recycling – Patentees’ Rights in the Aftermarkets Germany, the U.S. and Japan
:	Herbert Utz Verlag
:	9783831609642
:	1
:	CHF 21.30
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:	Handels-, Wirtschaftsrecht
:	English

:	174
:	DRM
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Intellectual property law is increasingly used to implement the business strategies of enterprises. If manufacturers of original products can monopolize the market in spare parts or prohibit recycling of their products by invoking their patent rights, they can devise a strategy that involves selling patented original products at a relatively low profit margin in order to profit by selling spare parts for these products. Patent law needs to establish general principles governing maintenance, replacement and recycling. Tracing back the history of the exhaustion doctrine, this study aims to highlight the current problems and to seek desirable solutions.

	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