____/ Doug Mentohl on Saturday 23 June 2007 17:15 : \____
> "A federal jury determined yesterday that Lexmark’s patents weren’t
> violated by a North Carolina company that makes parts that lets the
> company’s printer-toner cartridges be reused"
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2jtaug
>
http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173351755860&path=!business&s=1037645507703
I think that H-P had a similar case in Germany (?) recently. It's no crime to
sell printers at a loss and making toner/ink super expensive, but few
consumers are actually aware of this 'scheme'. What's more, a very recent
finding suggested that people are requested/required to but a new cartridge
when the ~20% threshold is reched. YMMV...
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