Legal Opinion
Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark Int'l, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 30, 2017No. 15–1189PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Roberts
A United States patent entitles the patent holder (the "patentee"), for a period of 20 years, to "exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling [its] invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into the United States." 35 U.S.C. § 154(a). Whoever engages in one of these acts "without authority" from the patentee may face liability for patent infringement. § 271(a).
When a patentee sells one of its products, however, the patentee can no longer control that item through the patent laws-its patent rights are said to "exhaust." The purchaser and all…
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- United States v. General Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Crown Die & Tool Co. v. Nye Tool & MacHine WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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