The principle of the right exhaust was proposed by the legislators basing on the equilibrium between the intellectual property privilege or exclusive rights and the social public interests. As a limit to the exercises of intellectual right, this principle was raised first by the US judicial organ and then cited by many countries in Continental Legal System. Like other countries, China confirmed the principle in the legislation of patent law. But due to the insufficiency of discussions on this issue, up to now, we have been unclear of the base of the principle, confusing the ownership of object and the patent intellectual right of invention, so that many mistakes have appeared in the application of the principle. In order to make up the flaw on the legislation of the patent law in China, it is essential to restudy the principle and to take a revision to the articles of patent law. |