At the end of January, Canon filed 11 patent-infringement lawsuits against 18 companies that manufacture or sell third-party toner cartridges for various Canon and HP-branded laser printers in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (see “Here We Go Again: Canon Sues Firms for Infringing Various Gear and Drum Patents”). What
International Data Corporation (IDC) has released a study on the hardcopy peripherals market in India for the 2013 calendar year. Overall, the report shows that shipments declined by 0.1 percent year-over-year to 3.1 million units. “Both consumer and commercial markets were weak in the first half of 2013, but with the help of aggressive consumer
In a pair of previous article on CONTEXT’s inkjet all-in-one data in Western Europe (see “Top-Selling Inkjet All-in-Ones in Western Europe” and “CONTEXT Examines Low-End Inkjet AIO Share in Western European Markets”), we noted that while most of the top-selling inkjet all-in-ones are consumer- or small-office/home-office (SOHO)-oriented devices, inkjet vendors are increasingly focusing on business-class
On March 5, Green Project announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a patent on its “GP” gear technology for replacement OPC drums and the all-in-one toner cartridges containing them. Green Project announced its GP gear last fall (see “Green Project Announces GP Gear Design for Canon and HP Toner Cartridges”),
International Data Corporation (IDC) announced on February 19 that the worldwide market for hardcopy peripherals, defined as printers, copiers, and MFPs, grew for the second consecutive quarter during the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to the same period the year prior. Data from the Framingham, MA-based market research firm’s “Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker” indicated
For the past couple of years, business inkjet machines have gotten a lot of attention. Sales of higher-end business units are up as hardware vendors realize that most of their future growth opportunities will come from sales to office users rather than to home users. With that said, however, the number of lower-end units shipped
On February 14, Ninestar Image, a sales subsidiary of the Zhuhai, China-based Seine Group, announced a solution that eliminates the need for a unique coupling mechanism that is at the center of a lawsuit recently filed by Canon, Inc. At the end of January, the OEM filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the
In separate statements released on February 13, Epson and Ricoh announced they have joined the Mopria Alliance. Formed last September by a group of hardcopy industry heavyweights including Canon, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung Electronics, and Xerox, the nonprofit alliance says its mission is “to promote, simplify, and increase accessibility of wireless printing from smartphones, tablets, and other
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
Starting this month, CONTEXT is providing Actionable Intelligence with data on printer and supplies. The UK-based company tracks information and communications technology sales in 18 counties in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), as well as pricing in 35 countries globally. This month, CONTEXT shared data on the inkjet all-in-one market in Western Europe,