The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Exhaustion Unleashed: Licensing, Other Business Strategy, and Litigation after Lexmark" on June 28, 2017 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Paul Jahn of Morrison & Foerster LLP; William Krovatin of Merck & Co., Inc.; and Richard Rainey of Covington & Burling LLP will explore the significant ramifications of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Impression Products v. Lexmark, and will discuss how companies will need to react to the newly-fortified power of exhaustion, including:
• Structuring licenses as a way around exhaustion;
• Antitrust concerns about enforcing post-sale restrictions through contracts after Lexmark; and
• Structuring patent ownership, supply chain management, and inventory management to reduce exhaustion, and important tax implications.
The registration fee for the webinar is $135 (government and academic rates are available upon request). Those interested in registering for the webinar can do so here.
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