In August 2013, Vincent Ferranti brought a class action against HP in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Mr. Ferranti’s lawsuit alleges that HP knowingly sold Officejet Pro 8500 and 8600 inkjet all-in-ones with defective wireless connectivity and failed to honor warranty terms (see “HP Faces New Class Action over Officejet
Lexmark’s toner cartridge patent-infringement lawsuit against numerous third-party supplies firms in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio is continuing to generate settlements in the OEM’s favor, as well as more defendants looking to fight Lexmark’s allegations. Note: Readers needing more history on this suit should read, “Lexmark Warns U.S. Remanufacturers to
One week ago, Actionable Intelligence broke the story that Canon had filed 11 new lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, accusing 18 companies of infringing 9 patents on a coupling mechanism in certain Canon and HP all-in-one toner cartridges (see “Here We Go Again: Canon Sues Firms for
Lexmark’s lawsuit against numerous companies that remanufacture Lexmark toner cartridges, resell such remans, or trade in Lexmark empty toner cartridges may not be the newest OEM litigation against the aftermarket—that distinction goes to Canon, which filed 11 new lawsuits in federal district court at the end of January (see “Here We Go Again: Canon Sues
On January 29, attorneys for Canon, Inc., filed 11 separate complaints in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The lawsuits accuse 18 companies of violating patents found in certain Canon and HP toner cartridges. The nine patents that Canon claims are infringed all relate to a toner cartridge’s imaging drum
Canon won its toner cartridge complaint before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) last June and was awarded a general exclusion order (GEO) (see “U.S. ITC to Restrict Imports of Infringing Canon Gears; Alerts U.S. Customs of GEO” and “ITC Opinion Granting Canon a GEO Made Public”). However, one piece of the massive litigation launched
Another Paperworld show, another announcement about HP’s successful inkjet cartridge litigation in Europe. Last year, HP timed an announcement about inkjet cartridge patent-infringement litigation in Poland to coincide with the 2013 Remanexpo/Paperworld show in Frankfurt, Germany (see “HP Successfully Concludes Inkjet Patent-Infringement Litigation in Poland”). This year, the OEM issued a press release on January
Canon has been hit with a new patent-infringement lawsuit filed by a patent-assertion entity, or patent troll, that now owns some patents that were asserted in a series of lawsuits against printer companie in 2004 to 2010. On January 13, Industrial Print Technologies LLC (IPT), a Texas-based patent-licensing company, filed a lawsuit against Canon U.S.A.
Notorious patent troll MPHJ has made its biggest move yet—against the U.S. government. On January 13, MPHJ filed suit against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), alleging unlawful interference and threats, and specifically naming individuals Edith Ramirez, Julie Brill, Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Joshua D. Wright, and Jessica Rich in their capacity as FTC commissioners or
Last week, we reported on Samsung’s latest efforts in Europe to protect the intellectual property it holds on toner cartridges and to combat the proliferation of clones in the channel (see “Samsung Steps Up Efforts to Combat Clones in Europe”). Now, the OEM has chalked up a win in the Netherlands, although litigation in that