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Supreme Court case on refilling printer cartridges

2017-03-26 by Matt Haber

This directly impacts Lexmark, but, as the linked article points out, if the court finds in favor of Lexmark, the implications may be significant. It seems possible, for example, that Epson could have a shrink-wrap agreement on its printers that would require use only of Epson branded cartridges, which would have their own anti-refill shrink wrap agreement.

Paul Roark, you often have throughtful views of these legal matters. I'd appreciate thoughts from you, or others.

-matt

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