Am I infringing on patents if I were to sell a product that I made from off the shelf components which are already patented?
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Thanks for this question. No, if you buy from companies that have the rights to make the components, you receive an implied license from them to use components you buy from them off the shelf. However, it could be that the combination you are making is separately patented by a third party. Therefore, although you're not infringing the patents of the component manufacturers (assuming of course that they are not violating any patents), you may be infringing some third party rights.
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