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Lexmark International Inc v Impression Products Inc

581 US 360 (2017)
JurisdictionUnited States
Year2017
Statusunclear

Key Principle

A patentee's decision to sell a product exhausts all patent rights in that item; post-sale restrictions do not give rise to patent infringement claims (patent exhaustion).

Area of Law

ip

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