Interesting news came from the US today:
Lexmark lost a court battle against the aftermarket leader: Static Control Components...
...Lexmark International lost a court battle on Friday, June 22, when a jury ruled that it failed to prove that Static Control Components induced toner-cartridge remanufacturers to violate Lexmark patents.
Lexmark had alleged that Static Control, by making a chip that bypassed a Lexmark patent-enforcement mechanism, had encouraged some of its customers to directly infringe on Lexmark’s patents.
And while Friday’s verdict in U.S. District Court was decidedly in Static Control’s favor, it does not nullify the Lexmark program at the center of the case. The judge in the case earlier ruled the program is valid, as well as ruling in Lexmark’s favor on several key issues before and during the trial...
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