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by bhritchie 3307 days ago
Actually it is a genuine dissent because the majority decision did specifically address that scenario as well:

> Applying patent exhaustion to foreign sales is just as straightforward. Patent exhaustion, too, has its roots in the antipathy toward restraints on alienation, and nothing in the Patent Act shows that Congress intended to confine that principle to domestic sales.

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Ah, missed that bit. Thanks for clarifying.