Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark Int’l, Inc., No. 15–1189, *2 (May 30, 2017) slip opinion hosted by supremecourt.gov. On May 30, the Supreme Court completely reversed the Federal Circuit’s decision in Lexmark v. Impression, unequivocally stating that “a patentee’s decision to sell a product exhausts all of its patent rights in that item, regardless of any restrictions the patentee purports to impose or the location of the sale.” Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark Int’l, Inc., No. 15–1189, *2 (May 30, 2017) slip opinion hosted by supremecourt.gov. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Roberts explained that, with respect to both foreign and domestic sales, a sale of a patent owner or licensee exhausts the rights of the patent owner. The facts...