Lexmark is one of numerous printer manufacturers that installs smart chips in printer ink cartridges. If you try to refill an empty cartridge with a third-party ink ...
Lexmark printers demand quality ink and the devices tend to remind you when they believe it is time for you to refill their ink supply. Some Lexmark printers will continue to issue a Low Ink warning ...
A nearly unanimous Supreme Court told Lexmark it can't use patent law to restrict printer cartridge buyers from doing what they want with the cartridges, including refilling them or even selling them ...
Printers are expensive. Recycling and selling used/refilled printer ink cartridges has often been seen as a way to recoup the money that often gets sunk into the cash cow of the printer business - the ...
In a recent ruling by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court, Lexmark was correct in their statement that a 3rd-party refill system for an Inkjet cartridge was unlawful, because you had agreed to the Lexmark ...
Score one for the little guys. In a precedent-setting decision handed down this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a company’s patent rights are forfeited once they sell an item to a consumer ...
A nearly unanimous Supreme Court told Lexmark it can't use patent law to restrict printer cartridge buyers from doing what they want with the cartridges, including refilling them or even selling them ...