POST-EXPIRATION-SALES THEORY

post-expiration-sales theory.Patents. A theory of lost-profits remedy by which compensation is sought for sales lost after a patent expired, on the basis that infringement gave the competitor a head start on entering the market. — Also termed accelerated-reentry theory. [Cases: Patents 318(3).C.J.S. Patents §§ 564, 566.]

[Blacks Law 8th]