In October 2020, a non-practicing entity (NPE) called K.Mizra LLC acquired some patents on MFPs and their consumables from Sharp and began filing patent-infringement lawsuits against printer OEMs including HP, Konica Minolta, Lexmark, and Toshiba. While HP and Lexmark settled with K.Mizra back in 2021, Toshiba’s settlement is more recent. The parties told the court
