Canon has once again asked the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) for leave to amend the complaint and notice of investigation in which it accused numerous aftermarket toner cartridge makers and sellers of infringing its dongle gear patents. The big change that the OEM wishes to make is to eliminate a slew of patent claims
Of course, this week’s big news in the ongoing Xerox/Fujifilm drama is that Fujifilm filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Xerox in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York seeking well over $1 billion in damages because of Xerox’s decision to terminate its merger agreement with Fujifilm (see “Fujifilm Sues Xerox for
In a recent blog post, Keypoint Intelligence analysts forecast pockets of growth in the otherwise mature digital imaging markets of North America and Western Europe. The growth is expected to occur within the A4 color laser market and certain segments of the business inkjet markets as it shifts away from single-function printers to multifunction devices.
Xerox has added two more multi-brand dealers, AIS and Allied Business Solutions, to its growing team of channel partners in North America. Both companies are based in the Western United States and both say managed IT and document management are driving growth for their companies. “We consider ourselves to be a technology company—we’re more than
HP Inc. this week released its 2017 Sustainable Impact Report, which the company explains in a press release documents its progress driving “lasting improvements to the planet, people, and communities where the company operates.” The report highlights what we have come to expect from such programs: reductions of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, diversion of plastics that
As so often happens given the close relationship between Apex and its parent company Ninestar, one of Apex Microelectronics’ announcements about the availability of new chips was immediately followed by an announcement from Ninestar about the availability of finished cartridges employing those chips. Earlier this week, Apex announced that it is first to market with
Earlier this year, SpencerLab, a well-known Melville, NY-based independent test laboratory, released the results of a competitive ink comparison study for North America comparing the quality and performance of original HP inkjet cartridges to aftermarket inkjet cartridges and finding the OEM cartridges to be far superior. Following the release of the HP-commissioned study, we heard
Earlier this month, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA) announced the introduction of the MX-M2630, an entry-level A3 monochrome MFP designed for small offices and workgroups “that need an MFP with full multifunction capability that is also a strong value.” In the company’s press release, Sharp explains that the MX-M2630 rounds out the
It has been about a week since we last updated readers on the status of Canon’s parallel toner cartridge patent-infringement complaints before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and in federal court (see “Canon Makes Then Withdraws Motion to Amend ITC Complaint, Moves to Find Respondents in Default”). Since then, there have been a few
On June 19, Ninestar’s chip arm, Apex Microelectronics, announced that it is first to market with non-OEM replacement chipsets for Brother’s TN-730, TN-760, and TN-770 toner cartridges. Brother debuted these toner cartridges in a new family of A4 monochrome laser printers and MFPs for small-office/home-office (SOHO) environments. While model numbers and the exact date of product
