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inlawrev-3139	Carter, R. Trevor	Legalizing Patent Infringement: Application Of The Patent Exhaustion Doctrine To Foundry Agreements	1995	26	.pdf	application/pdf	12773	760	64	t/L57 provides a disincentive for patent procurement and creates an uncertainty for companies presently in or entering into patent cross-license agreements. Based upon the ALJ's findings, the Commission concluded that the EPROMs imported by Atmel and GI/M infringed the Intel patents and ordered Atmel Corp. and GI/M to cease and desist from importing EPROMs.^^ Atmel argued that its EPROMs did not infringe any ofthe Intel patents because the EPROMs were made by Sanyo under Sanyo's cross-licensing agreement with Intel and, therefore, the patent exhaustion doctrine provided a defense to Intel's claim of patent infringement.^^ The ALJ addressed the question of the Intel/Sanyo cross-licensing agreement by reasoning: The interpretation ofthe licensing agreement as proposed by Atmel would mean that any company that was unable to obtain a license from Intel but still wanted to make its own parts practicing Intel patents could employ Sanyo as a foundry and circumvent Intel's patents.	cache/inlawrev-3139.pdf	txt/inlawrev-3139.txt