It was just about a year ago that the Supreme Court sided with Static Control Components and ruled that the Sanford, NC-based manufacturer of components for the remanufacturing industry had the necessary standing to bring a claim against Lexmark under the Lanham Act, a federal statute prohibiting false advertising (see “Supreme Court Sides with Static
Last fall, HP successfully argued that a class-action lawsuit that accused the firm of selling Officejet Pro 8500 and 8600 inkjet all-in-ones with defective wireless connectivity should be dismissed (see “Class Action over HP Officejet Pro 8500 and 8600 Inkjets Dismissed”). Now, HP is making the same arguments once again in the same case. Timeline
The dispute may be old and Nukote’s name an increasingly distant memory, but Nukote’s $100 million lawsuit against Clover is slowly inching closer to some sort of resolution. Nukote filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in 2009 after losing its biggest customer, Office Depot, to Clover. Not long after filing for bankruptcy, Nukote
On February 24, Canon announced the conclusion of another of its patent-infringement disputes, this time with X com shop in Russia. Canon filed its Russian suit in the Moscow City Economic Court August 2014 (see “Canon Files Toner Cartridge Patent-Infringement Lawsuit in Russia”), alleging that the distributor sold infringing cartridges on its website, www.xcom-shop.ru. Canon’s
Canon is close to reaching a settlement agreement with plaintiffs that filed class action complaints against the OEM last year, alleging that Canon sold PIXMA inkjet all-in-ones with defective print heads. When we last reported on the litigation against Canon (see “Inkjet Class Actions against Canon Are Consolidated, Is Settlement Agreement Forthcoming?”), three similar but
History would appear to be repeating itself. The final active respondents in Canon’s “dongle gear” toner cartridge investigation currently before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) have settled with the OEM, and the parties jointly filed a motion asking for the hearing that was supposed to get underway on February 18 to be suspended. That
On February 18, Canon announced it had obtained a default judgment against European Cartridge Warehouse Limited (ECW) and Printer Supplies Technology Limited (PST) in a patent-infringement complaint that the OEM had filed in the High Court of Justice of England and Wales. Canon commenced legal proceedings against these firms in July 2014 (see “Canon Files
After nearly eight months of legal wrangling, HP has voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against Datel Holdings. The somewhat surprising move came last week, when a notice of voluntary dismissal was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. When we last reported on the Hewlett-Packard v. Datel Holdings case (see “Datel Responds
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) will hold its hearing in Canon’s toner cartridge patent-infringement complaint from February 18 to 24. With the hearing so close, some additional respondents/defendants have come to terms with the OEM, including Calabasas, CA-based remanufacturer International Laser Group (ILG) and two interrelated Midland Parks, NJ-based firms, American Internet Holdings and
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has determined that it will conduct the investigation requested by Epson in the complaint it filed on December 23. A January 21 notice stated that, having considered the complaint, the ITC ordered on January 20 that it will institute an investigation to determine whether section 337 of the Tariff