In Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc., No. 15-1189 (U.S. May 30, 2017), the Supreme Court fundamentally changed patent licensing in the United States by eliminating a key limitation on patent exhaustion, and eliminating the distinction between U.S. and foreign sales. Impression addressed two issues: (1) “whether a patentee that sells an item under an express restriction on the purchaser’s right to reuse or resell the product may enforce that restriction through an infringement lawsuit” (Id., Slip Op. at 1), and (2) “whether a patentee exhausts its patent rights by selling its product outside the United States, where American patent laws do not apply.” (Id. at 2.) In its decision, the Court overruled the Federal Circuit on both issues.