Federal Circuit and District Court Begin to Act Following the Supreme Court’s Decision in Impression Products v. Lexmark

Posted on July 25, 2017 by AI staff

It has been nearly two months since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Impression Products v. Lexmark International (see “U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Impression Products and against Lexmark on Patent-Exhaustion Questions”). In a case that centered on whether remanufactured cartridges using cores sold with a single-use-only restriction and cores first sold

OW Supplies and Smart and Eazy Agree to Permanent Injunction to End Epson Patent-Infringement Suit

Posted on July 20, 2017 by AI staff

Since late 2016, Epson has filed ten patent-infringement lawsuits against companies that sell aftermarket inkjet cartridges online in U.S. district court. Now, yet another defendant has settled with the OEM and agreed to a consent judgment and permanent injunction to resolve the litigation. A judgment ending Epson’s lawsuit against OW Supplies Corp. and Smart and

General Plastic Indemnifies Color Imaging, Plans to Appeal Canon’s $4.5 Million Win

Posted on July 17, 2017 by AI staff

Just about one month ago, a jury awarded Canon close to $4.5 million in damages after finding that Color Imaging and General Plastic had infringed a Canon toner bottle patent (see “Canon Awarded Nearly $4.5 Million in Toner Bottle Lawsuit against Color Imaging and General Plastic”). Color Imaging has since issued an announcement stating that

Katun Introduces Color Toner for Konica Minolta C654/C754 MFP Series

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Marisa Mogni

Katun Corporation recently announced that it is now offering Katun Performance color toners for Konica Minolta’s bizhub C654 and C754 series of high-volume A3 color MFPs for office environments. Konica Minolta launched the bizhub C654 and C754 in 2012 (see “Konica Minolta Boosts Supplies Yields in Latest High-Volume A3 Color MFPs”). The bizhub C654 replaced

Consumer Reports Article on Aftermarket Cartridges Could Cloud Warranty Issues

Posted on July 13, 2017 by AI staff

Consumer Reports recently published the results of a printer survey that came with a caution about using aftermarket cartridges that could deter some consumers. In its annual printer survey, the consumer watchdog organization found that, of the 37 percent of respondents who said they use aftermarket ink cartridges, nearly two out of three (63 percent,

Ninestar Promotes BlueDrive Solution to Canon’s Dongle Gear

Posted on July 13, 2017 by AI staff

This week, Ninestar has been busy on the marketing front. On July 13, the company promoted its BlueDrive technology for Canon dongle gear toner cartridges. That follows Ninestar’s July 11 release of a white paper on the company’s history of innovation and how its strong research and development (R&D) resources plus recent acquisitions have helped

Aster Expands Lineup of Toner Cartridges for Brother Devices

Posted on July 10, 2017 by AI staff

In July, Aster Graphics introduced replacement toner cartridges for the Brother TN-426 and TN-910 series of toner cartridges employed in the Brother HL-L8360CDW, MFC-L8900CDW, HL-L9310CDW, HL-L9310CDWT, HL-L9310CDWT, MFC-L9570CDW, and MFC-L9570CDWT color laser printers and MFPs. According to the Aster announcement, the replacement TN-426 toners are compatible with the Brother HL-L8360CDW and MFC-L8900CDW, and the replacement

Clover Launches Remanufactured Toner Cartridges for Kyocera ECOSYS Color MFPs

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Marisa Mogni

Clover Imaging Group (CIG) recently announced that it has launched remanufactured toner cartridges for Kyocera’s ECOSYS M6035cidn, M6535cidn, and M6035cdn A4 color MFPs. Kyocera released the ECOSYS models in Japan, America, and Europe in 2015 (see “Kyocera Releases Three New A4 Color MFP ECOSYS Devices”). All three devices are based on the same engine and

Turbon Reveals Acquisitions in Annual Report

Posted on July 3, 2017 by AI staff

Turbon AG announced its fiscal 2016 financials on May 9 (see “Turbon Closes Books on Weaker-Than-Expected Fiscal 2016”). Since then, Turbon has published its 2016 annual report. Turbon’s quarterly financial announcements have noted since 2016 that the company would be acquiring a majority stake in a German managed print services (MPS) provider (see “Turbon Reshuffles

Brother Gets Injunction and Damages against German Toner and Drum Distributor

Posted on June 29, 2017 by AI staff

Brother has long been one of the quieter printer OEMs when it comes to filing litigation and discussing the action it takes to protect its intellectual property (IP). There are signs that may be changing. Earlier this month, reports indicated that Brother was taking legal action against Cartridge World stores in New Zealand (see “Brother

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