22 January 2019Patents

US Supreme Court says confidential sales can invoke on-sale bar

Companies that sell their inventions to third parties under confidential agreements may still end up invalidating their own patents based on the “on-sale” provision, the US Supreme Court said today.

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US Supreme Court says confidential sales can invoke on-sale bar

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