On September 21, Clover Imaging Group (CIG) Europe announced that it now has remanufactured toner cartridges for the C-EXV 29 toner cartridges employed in Canon A3 color MFPs such as the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5030, C5030i, C5035, C5035i, C5235i, and C5240i. CIG says its remanufactured toner cartridges replace OEM part numbers 2790B003 (the black cartridge), 2794B003
In September, Minneapolis, MN-based Katun Corporation introduced new color toners for Konica Minolta MFPs as well as parts for Kyocera Mita and Copystar devices sold in North America. The aftermarket supplies firm announced that it is now offering Katun Performance color toners for Konica Minolta’s bizhub C227 and C287 MFPs and Katun Business Color toners
Multiple reports indicate that a new HP inkjet printer firmware update is once again preventing certain aftermarket inkjet cartridge using third-party chipsets from working in HP printers. After the firmware update, users of certain non-OEM inkjet cartridges reportedly see their printers display the same error message that caused headaches for consumers and outrage among the
On September 5, Canon Inc. announced a cease-and-desist declaration with Amazon vendor Jakubowski und Gert GbR, a company that sold cartridges that infringed the German portion of Canon’s European patent 2 087 407, which is one of Canon’s dongle gear patents. In a press release, Canon says that Jakubowski und Gert GbR, doing business on
This year, Clover launched the Clover Imaging Group (CIG) brand in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) (see “Clover Imaging Group Launches in EMEA, Opens New Distribution Center”). Since then, CIG Europe has been busy announcing a slew of new products under its new brand. The latest are what the firm calls its CIG
It took 15 years, two U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and a very unlikely event—Apex Technology/Ninestar Corporation’s acquisition of both Lexmark and Static Control Components—but Lexmark and Static Control have finally put an end to their litigation. On August 7, 2017, U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, who played a key role in the years
Earlier this summer, Aster Graphics released replacement toner cartridges for several Canon laser printers and MFPs that use the OEM’s 039 and 039 High and 045 and 046 cartridges. The standard-yield 039 and high-yield 039H cartridges are compatible with the imageCLASS/i-SENSYS LBP351dn and LBP352dn monochrome laser printers that Canon launched in the United States in
Earlier this month, we reported on the various post-trial motions filed by both Canon, on the one hand, and Color Imaging and General Plastic, on the other, following the trial in this patent-infringement case and the jury’s decision to award Canon nearly $4.5 million. The defendants, Color Imaging and General Plastic, had filed seven post-trial
At Actionable Intelligence, we frequently write about the seizure-and-forfeiture orders issued by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) catches importers violating the ITC’s general exclusion orders (GEOs) on printer consumables. Prior to 2015, we typically saw just a couple of seizure-and-forfeiture orders issued a year related to violations of
German third-party ink manufacturer OCP has announced the availability of inks for three HP OfficeJet Pro A4 inkjet all-in-one models: the OfficeJet Pro 6950, 6960, and 6970. OCP says its new inks are compatible with HP’s 903/903XL series of cartridges, which are sold in Europe, as well as the HP 902/902XL series in the United
