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Epson China and Yichang Chuxing Weye Computer Limited Company have raised an objection over the jurisdiction of the case brought on them by Print-Rite. Last September, Print-Rite, one of the largest remanufacturers in the world, took action in the YiChang Intermediate People’s Court against Epson China (Epson) and Yichang Chuxing Weye Computer Limited Company (Chuxing)....
Print-Rite was granted its first drum gear patent (patent No. US9,170,549) in October 2015. Now, its second PR-2 drum gear patent has been approved by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) (patent No. US9,274,500) . According to Print-Rite, the highlight of the new patent is the addition of a convex contact surface to the...
The Florida-based United Toner LLC has been issued a Seizure and Forfeiture Order, for violating General Exclusion Order (GEO) related to No. 337-TA-723 investigation. United Toner had been trying to import “certain Inkjet cartridges,” but they were denied entry into the USA by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (“Customs”). Customs informed the International...
A legal expert and printing industry professional discussed the issue of patent trolls. Harvey R. Levenson, Professor Emeritus and former Department Head of Graphic Communication at Cal Poly State University, wrote an article entitled The Printing Industry and Patent Trolls, which updates on so-called patent ‘troll’ cases and their “negative impact”. He started by noting that...
China was the fastest-growing origin of patent applications in Europe again last year, according to an annual report released by the European Patent Office. As reported by China Daily, the number of European patent applications in 2015 grew by 4.8% to about 160,000. China, ranked eighth on the list, filed 5,721 patent applications in 2015,...
Impression Products will be appealing last month’s federal court decision that favored Lexmark’s practices of controlling its cartridges after the first sale. Impression Products has retained counsel Andrew Pincus (pictured) to take the case before the US Supreme Court, assuming they will agree to hear the case. The Federal Circuit decided en banc in...
HP is helping its resellers in the UK to be able to identify fake consumables after having 2,000 counterfeits seized in the UK market. According to Neil Sawyer, HP’s channel sales, education and SMB director for UK & Ireland, counterfeit raids in the consumables market is a priority for HP Inc. this year. Recently,...
Katun has provided 81 responses to the Central District Court of California specifically denying it has committed any acts of patent infringement as alleged by Toshiba. Previously, in December 2015, Toshiba America Business Solutions, together with its co-plaintiff Toshiba TEC Corporation (collectively “Toshiba”), filed a patent infringement claiming Katun had violated nine of its patents. Katun’s...
Ovacor, Inc. and JD Johnson, which are based in Florida and New York respectively, have been issued seizure and forfeiture orders while attempting to import ink cartridges into the U.S.A. The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (“Customs”) has denied the entry of the products intended for the two companies because they infringe existing...
The patent attorney leading the case in the US Federal Circuit over patent rights after first sale has told RT Media, «We Lost —for now!» The historic full bench hearing that was examining the future of the current Jazz Photo law relating to rights after foreign sales, and the Mallinckrodt law relating to prebate sales within the...
