In Lexmark International, Inc. v. Impression Products, Inc., Case No. 14-1617 (February 12, 2016), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its en banc decision, by a 10-2 majority, holding that: - ..A...more
In Lexmark International, Inc., v. Impression Products, Inc., the en banc Federal Circuit upheld a patent holder’s rights against exhaustion under two circumstances: (1) where the patent holder had sold a patented article...more
On February 12, 2016, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision confirming two important aspects of the doctrine of patent exhaustion in the anticipated en banc decision in Lexmark Int’l, Inc. v. Impression...more
The en banc Federal Circuit has issued a highly anticipated decision in Lexmark Intern., Inc. v. Impression Products, Inc., No. 2014-1617, slip op. (Fed. Cir. Feb. 12, 2016) (en banc). The patent friendly decision reaffirms...more