QuicheFontaine
Member
I've not read the entire thread, and I presume this has already said, but this type of technology would probably be poorly received in Europe. All of our IP legislation has provisions to maintain secondary markets (spare parts and second-hand sales) and attempts to use technology to thwart the principle of exhaustion (the idea that your IP rights must expire once you make your product available on the market) would appear to run counter, possibly, to the TFEU - specifically Articles 101/102, and certainly to Article 4(2) of Directive 2009/24/EC.