On April 18, Bluedog Distribution Inc. became the second respondent/defendant to settle with Canon. A consent judgment and permanent injunction has been entered against the firm in district court. But even as Bluedog has settled, other firms are readying themselves for a fight. On April 20, ACM Technologies, Arlington Industries, LD Products, Ninestar, Print-Rite, Static
On April 20, online aftermarket cartridge retailer LD Products announced that it has officially launched its Gold Partner Program for dealers and resellers interested in selling the firm’s Gold Line of color and monochrome toner cartridges, which the company describes as “a new premium quality alternative to expensive OEM and overpriced remanufactured toner products.” LD
Ever since Canon filed its new toner cartridge patent-infringement litigation in the United States, some in the industry have been asking whether this means only new-build cartridges infringe and remanufactured products are “safe.” We are not attorneys, just industry observers, but, in our view, the short answer is “not necessarily.” While many of the accused
Canon has done it again. On February 28, Canon Inc. filed a veritable avalanche of patent-infringement complaints in the United States, accusing numerous aftermarket supplies manufacturers and distributors of infringing its toner cartridge patents. The company asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to open a Section 337 investigation into infringement of its patents. Moreover, as
Just as it promised last month when it announced the creation of a new Channel Partners Division and its Gold Line of new-built compatible cartridges (see “LD Products to Court Dealers and Resellers with New-Build Cartridges”), online aftermarket cartridge retailer LD Products has launched a new partner website targeting copier dealers, managed print providers, and
LD Products has already become a dominant force in the online cartridge-selling business. Now, the firm has set its sights on targeting the dealer/reseller channel through which much of the printers and MFPs—and thus supplies—in small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and larger organizations are sold. And what LD Products believes will attract the attention of
After digging through our file of ongoing lawsuits, we realized it had been quite some time since we had last updated readers on a patent-infringement lawsuit filed by patent troll Shipping and Transit, LLC, against online aftermarket supplies reseller LD Products. The lawsuit was interesting mainly in that it demonstrated that patent trolls are equal
On November 30, LD Products officially introduced its new company logo and package design. The Long Beach, CA-based online cartridge reseller first announced the makeover at a companywide meeting held earlier this year and says it expects to launch a redesigned website that fully incorporates the new logo early next year. LD Products says that
HP’s update to the firmware on various HP inkjet devices, which caused many printers to stop accepting third-party ink cartridges starting last week, continues to make waves in the industry. On September 20, LD Products, a big online cartridge reseller based in Long Beach, CA, issued an announcement about the firmware update. As detailed in
Starting on September 13, 2016, reports began circulating that an HP firmware update on OfficeJet and OfficeJet Pro inkjet printers and all-in-ones using the HP 934/935, HP 950/951, and HP 970/971 cartridge families prevented the use of many third-party cartridges. The HP 934 and 934 XL black ink tanks and HP 935 and 935XL cyan,
