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exhaustion

noun/ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən/

A2CEFR level
15/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

The extinguishing of an owner's control over a particular article once it has been sold with authorisation.

Rights exhaustion means we can't police resale once we've put those units on the market ourselves.

Similar: first-sale doctrine

Topic: Intellectual property in Legal English

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