Bear spray is intended for aggressive bears.
As for its ineffectiveness on bears that have been sprayed before chalk that up to urban...er...rural legend. It's extremely unlikely that that any bear involved in an aggressive encounter could be identified as being sprayed before. On the other hand, there has been some controlled/captive testing. I don't know but it seems logical that the captive bears were subjected to repeated tests/sprays.
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