The right to repair not only has important consumer value by preserving the useful life of existing products, but it also has additional and important social value by conserving natural resources and reducing pollution. However, the consumer right to repair in recent years has come under threat through the overextension by intellectual property (IP) doctrines that avoid current limits on antitrust liability by leasing or licensing rather than selling products to avoid “exhausting” IP rights and by applying IP rights to smaller portions of overall sold products, thereby treating parts rehabilitation or parts supply as prohibited acts of making or importation. Constitutional conflicts preemption might address some of these concerns, but federal legislation also is needed to protect consumers’ right to repair their purchased products.