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Just six days after its significant decision in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons Inc. that the first-sale rule in copyright law applies to works first sold outside the U.S. (discussed in this blog), the U.S. Supreme Court refused to decide the same issue for patents. The denial of certiorari in Ninestar Technology Co. et al. v. U.S. International Trade Commission et al. puzzled many observers including this Blogger. On March 25, 2013, the Supreme Court rejected an appeal by printer cartridge maker...