New Class-Action Lawsuit Alleges HP Firmware Updates are ‘Malware’
The plaintiffs allege that “HP wrongfully compels users of its printers to buy and use only HP ink and toner supplies.”
HP / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 21, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
The plaintiffs allege that “HP wrongfully compels users of its printers to buy and use only HP ink and toner supplies.”
Instant Ink program is an automatic ink-supply program, with customers billed monthly based on their print volume.
Canon / Cloud / Epson / Featured Posts / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / Market Reports & Forecasts / News / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 18, 2020
DX (digital transformation) is here to stay, replacing many paper-based processes, but it’s not without its vulnerabilities, from minor to......
Amazon / Canon / Imaging Supplies / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 17, 2020 · Last modified December 24, 2020
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, today announced that it had obtained new take-downs of third-party toner cartridges from the Amazon......
Epson / Imaging Supplies / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 16, 2020
“Nevertheless, infringers continue to import and sell ink cartridges that infringe Epson’s patents in flagrant violation of the ITC’s general exclusion orders and United States patent law.”
Brother / Imaging Supplies / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 11, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
Brother International U.K. recently introduced a supplies-subscription program, similar to those offered by HP Inc. and Epson, for its desktop......
On December 10th, Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, announced that at its request, Amazon had removed a number of third-party......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 9, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
On December 9th, the Autorita Garante Concorrenza Mercato (AGCM), a consumer-watchdog government agency in Italy, announced that it had concluded......
“We’re rebalancing the system value towards hardware to reduce our dependency on supplies.”
Among the trends that COVID-19 has accelerated has been the decline of office print volumes, making it more imperative for......
On December 3rd, Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, announced that it obtained toner-cartridge removals from Amazon ecommerce sites for Canada,......
HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News / Ninestar
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 2, 2020 · Last modified February 1, 2021
Ninestar Corporation’s G&G group reported today that its third-party ink cartridges are not affected by HP Inc.’s latest firmware upgrade......
Canon U.S.A., its parent company, Canon Inc. of Japan, and its subsidiary, Canon Canada, announced today that they’ve recently had......
Amazon / Canon / Imaging Supplies
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 25, 2020 · Last modified December 8, 2020
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, today announced that it had filed three Report Infringement Forms with Amazon requesting the removal......
Brother / Imaging Supplies / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 24, 2020 · Last modified December 8, 2020
Brother Industries announced that on November 23rd, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a final determination, a general exclusion......
Amazon / Canon / Imaging Supplies
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 16, 2020 · Last modified November 23, 2020
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, announced today that it had requested the removal of various unauthorized third-party toner cartridges designed......