In May, HP lost the protection provided to the company by the very first general exclusion order (GEO) it was granted. HP’s U.S. patent numbers 6,089,687 and 6,264,301, which relate to the ID chips used in various HP ink tanks have expired, and as a result U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will no longer enforce
On May 23, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a seizure-and-forfeiture order to E-Z Ink Inc. of Brooklyn, NY. It is the third seizure-and-forfeiture order that the ITC has issued on printer consumables in May and the sixth of 2018. E-Z Ink is a big online distributor of aftermarket ink and toner cartridges—one of
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) recently issued its fifth seizure-and-forfeiture order on printer consumables of 2018. The ITC issues such orders after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) catches companies or individuals trying to import cartridges or components in violation of the ITC’s exclusion orders. On May 3, the ITC issued a seizure-and-forfeiture order
On May 2, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a seizure-and-forfeiture order to NuTone for violating the general exclusion order Canon was awarded in 2015 on its “dongle gear” toner cartridge designs in the 337-TA-918 investigation (see “ITC Awards Canon GEO in Dongle Gear Investigation”). As shown below, this is the fourth seizure-and-forfeiture order related
This week, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issued its third seizure-and-forfeiture order on printer consumables in 2018. The order is particularly interesting because it was directed against Soldcrazy USA, a company with which Epson has ongoing litigation. The ITC issued the seizure-and-forfeiture order on April 9. It says that U.S. Customs and Border Protection
On March 28, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issued its second seizure-and-forfeiture order on printer consumables this year. The ITC issues seizure-and-forfeiture orders after U.S. Customs and Border Protection(CBP) catches companies trying to import cartridges or components in violation of the ITC’s exclusion orders. The company issued a seizure-and-forfeiture order on March 28 was
On February 12, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a seizure-and-forfeiture order to Hangzhou Aiyuan Supply Chain Management Co. Ltd. for violating the general exclusion order (GEO) awarded to Lexmark in the 337-TA-740 investigation. It is the first seizure-and-forfeiture order issued thus far in 2018 to a company for violating any of the various
The latest chapter in a decade-plus-long legal dispute between Epson and Ninestar over Ninestar’s third-party cartridges for Epson inkjet printers has come to an end. On December 7, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) decided not to review an initial determination that found an advisory opinion proceeding before the Commission should be terminated on the
In April, Ninestar asked the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to issue an advisory opinion on whether Ninestar’s remanufactured cartridges are outside the scope of a pair of general exclusion orders (GEOs) awarded to Epson. In mid-November, Epson and Ninestar reached a settlement agreement in this matter and asked the ITC to terminate the proceeding.
This December, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) had been scheduled to issue an advisory opinion as to whether certain Ninestar remanufactured inkjet cartridges were outside the scope of the general exclusion orders (GEOs) and cease-and-desist orders awarded to Epson by the ITC in the 337-TA-565 and 337-TA-946 investigations. That will no longer happen because
