Impression Products

Given this week’s Fourth of July celebration, it seems only appropriate to pay homage to a Difference Maker who, in the face of long odds and potentially damning consequences, took a defiant stance that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court…and won. One of the Read More

In a blow to Lexmark International, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, in an almost unanimous opinion (7-1), ruled against Lexmark in the landmark Impression Products v. Lexmark International patent-exhaustion case. In an opinion written by Chief U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Read More

After a chilly, even hostile reception at the appellate level, the US Supreme Court appears warmly open to domestic patent exhaustion. As for international patent exhaustion after the first sale of a cartridge, it appears ready to overturn the lower court on that issue as well. Read More