Tech Companies Need a Patent Law History Lesson

Ownership of Internet of Things devices, digital rights management law, interminably long software click-through agreements—these are all modern issues that seem to be a consequence of new technology. Indeed, questions of technological ownership are on the cutting edge of the law, with the Supreme Court set to consider those questions in the Impression Products v. Lexmark International case argued recently, a case over printer ink cartridges that has potential implications for emerging technologies like cars and automatic cat feeders.

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