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Lexmark Invokes DMCA In Toner Suit
News Printer maker Lexmark has found an unusual weapon to thwart rivals from selling replacement toner cartridges: the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Lexmark claims that Static Control violated the DMCA by selling its Smartek chips to companies that...
[January 9, 2003, 8:51]
Lexmark Wins Injunction In DMCA Case
News Printer maker Lexmark International Group won a preliminary injunction on Thursday in efforts to prevent a company from selling computer chips that allow toner cartridges to be recycled. When installed in compatible Lexmark printers, the chips...
[February 28, 2003, 7:39]
US Copyright Office Sides Against Lexmark In DMCA Case
News The US Copyright Office has sided with Static Control Components in a high-profile lawsuit over whether the company may sell chips that permit Lexmark International toner cartridges to be refilled. In hopes of boosting sales of its own brand of...
[October 30, 2003, 8:40]
Lexmark Loses Legal Battle Over Cartridge Refills
News In a closely watched case in the United States involving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a federal court has ruled that a small North Carolina company can continue selling a chip that makes it possible to use refilled toner cartridges in...
[October 27, 2004, 11:10]
Fake HP Goods Seized In China
News The authorities also confiscated over 13,300 toner cartridges, 4,200 ink cartridges as well as 70,000 labels, brochures and packages, HP said. However, the security labels have not yet been incorporated into its toner cartridge packaging.
[February 6, 2002, 8:59]
HP Settles Inkjet Refilling Suit
News The printer maker failed in its attempt to have the high court review its copyright suit against a small company that offered a way to let customers use refilled toner cartridges. InkCycle also refurbishes inkjet and laser toner cartridges for...
[June 9, 2005, 10:40]
HP Criticises Printer Ink Rival For DMCA Suit
News In an interview with CNET News.com, HP senior vice president Pradeep Jotwani said Lexmark is using the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act in ways it was not intended, in pursuing a lawsuit against a maker of remanufactured toner cartridges.
[February 6, 2003, 9:52]
Dell Sets Date For European Printer Launch
News Customers will also be able to order recyclable toner cartridges that also come with pre-paid courier envelopes for return to Dell. The printers aimed at business users can be set up for centralised or distributed ordering of consumables, and can...
[September 19, 2003, 11:10]
Week In Review: Copy-protection Drama, Scary Robots And Faster Wireless
News Lexmark is taking Static Control Components to task for its business of refilling and reselling Lexmark toner cartridges at a fraction of their original cost. Another sign of the times, this one a bit grimmer for the adversaries of big business...
[January 10, 2003, 16:37]
PC Manufacturers Feel Pressure To Recycle
News A group of workers clad in safety gear first pulls out parts that might contain toxic materials, such as batteries and toner cartridges. For example, the company has abandoned its hard-to-recycle glued-on labels that used to adhere to its toner...
[July 7, 2003, 8:01]
Toner Company Fights DMCA Lawsuit
News In a final round of skirmishing before a court hearing on Friday, a North Carolina company argued that a controversial copyright law does not prevent it from selling computer chips that allow toner cartridges to be reused.
[February 6, 2003, 8:06]
NetSuite Case Study: TonerZone.com
White Papers Headquartered in Los Angeles, TonerZone.com distributes toner, ink cartridges and other printing supplies to corporations and resellers nationwide. All tallied, TonerZone.com offers more than 600 items.
[October 18, 2005, 0:00]
Technical Support And IBM Express Offerings Help IBM Business Partner Harvest Healthy Crop Of Success
White Papers Carrot Ink is an online merchant of inkjet and laser toner cartridges. While the company's Web site, CarrotInk.com, enabled customers to submit orders, more advanced features were needed to grow the business.
[November 30, 2005, 23:00]
HMRC Meets Tough Targets For Recycling, Thanks To HP Planet Partners
White Papers Within the first 18 months of joining the HP Planet Partners programme, it had recycled 13.1 tonnes of HP toner cartridges from 200 of its 900 sites. Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) needed to increase its recycling if it was to meet...
[December 19, 2006, 23:00]
Pace Performance Revs Up Order Fulfillment With Lexmark X642e
White Papers The current solution is slow to print and each device requires different service procedures, equipment leases and toner cartridges. As America's top distributor of GM Performance Parts, Pace Performance can't afford to keep its automotive and truck...
[May 25, 2007, 0:00]
Printer Makers Back Cartridge-test Standard
News Standard ISO/IEC 24711:2006, which still needs industry adoption, establishes how ink and toner cartridges for inkjet printers and all-in-one printers must be tested. The standard cites how many cartridges must be tested to determine an average...
[February 9, 2007, 9:11]
HP Fights Counterfeiting In Asia
News In November, the Philippines National Bureau of Investigation raided several companies, seizing "large quantities" of counterfeit toner cartridges after a tip-off from HP. The newly packed cartridges were shipped in volume across the Asia-Pacific...
[May 15, 2001, 9:30]
HP Admits It's The Ink That Counts
News Consumers are less willing than businesses to pay high prices for toner and ink cartridges, HP acknowledged last year. Prices of consumer ink cartridges are falling, despite HP's efforts, and HP's IPS division's response is to find new avenues for...
[March 7, 2002, 9:38]
HP: Dell's Printer Plans Flawed
News The same goes for consumables such as ink cartridges for InkJets or toner for LaserJet printers. A sensible individual would have two ink cartridges and would order a new one when they changed one out.
[July 29, 2002, 11:12]
HP Opens New Front In War On Refillers
News HP has lost more than most of the other vendors in the aftermarket because they sell more than any other vendor," said John Shane, a director at InfoTrends/CAP Ventures and an industry expert on the ink and toner market.
[October 21, 2005, 9:40]
