HP sues two remanufactured cartridge makers

[slavedriver]

People got to laugh at printer manafactures ,HP wants to sue why won't they lower the prices of ink refills.. myself I usually by a new printer when it runs out of ink sinse the price of refills is almost the price of a new printer.

[JaxSon]

Who is HP suing?

You got a link?

[slavedriver]

Who is HP suing?

You got a link?

Link here

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050329-4749.html

IMHO printer manufactures could do themself a favor and lower the prices of thier refills sinse the cost is probably 3-5 bucks, in the stores there aprox. 35.00 plus .... new printer 40.00

[TechZ]

The usual argument, "the second cartridge costs us 2$, but the first, due to R&D, costs a couple million $"

Theyre not wrong too, but they take it too far, the day it becomes cheaper to buy a printer rather than get ink, is when were going to have a problem.

[JaxSon]

HP sues firms that refill ink cartridges

On Friday, HP sued InkCycle in U.S. District Court for the western district of Wisconsin, alleging that the company's ink violates three HP patents. And on Monday, HP sued RhinoTek in U.S. District Court for the northern district of California, accusing RhinoTek of false advertising by using packaging that indicates its refilled HP printer cartridges are new.

The Palo Alto, Calif., printer powerhouse requests that InkCycle stop--in HP's opinion--infringing the patents and pay damages and HP legal fees. Brad Roderick, vice president of marketing for InkCycle, said Monday that a settlement in that suit is expected soon.

In the Rhinotek case, HP asserts that the company's "packaging and promotional materials are calculated to give consumers the impression that defendants' cartridges are new." HP wants a requirement that Rhinotek use the words "used" and "refilled" prominently on its packaging of refilled HP ink cartridges. HP also wants all Rhinotek profits from the time of the alleged deceptive advertisements.

So, it seems that InkCycle is expected to settle soon. They must be in the wrong.

And Rhinotek is using deceptive advertisements.

I don't see a problem with HP suing.

If somebody else is making money off of my hard work and ideas, I would be doing the exact same thing!

Go HP!