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		VanL on Aug 25, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jury in Apple v. Samsung Goofed, Damages Reduced; ... Umm, you are mistaken. Yes, they found there was patent exhaustion. They also found that the patents were not infringed. Exhaustion is a completely separate issue from infringement.

cube13 on Aug 26, 2012 [–]

If they found that there was patent exhaustion, Apple could not have been guilty of infringing on the patents.

The exhaustion doctrine is pretty clear on this.

VanL on Aug 26, 2012 | [–]

Patent exhaustion is about liability for infringement, not infringement itself.

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