Digital BW, The Print

I must admit, I thought that we (in the UK, which almost implies 'Europe')
had something similar, but maybe Canon are just trying-it-on?

Like patenting something like 'storing digital data on a disk like format
that is accessible in parallel with multiple format (eg. video, audio,
data') which probably sounds really unique to the patent office until every
CD manufacturer comes along and appeals ;)

Nij


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Editor P.O.V. Image Service [mailto:editor@...]
> Sent: 21 April 2002 11:29
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Canon printers Print-Heads
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>
> Well, in the US, courts have looked with extreme disfavor on vendors who
> try to use patent to lock-up the consumables market..  HP got slammed
> for that a few years back.
>
> That may well be why Canon doesn't worry about selling extra printheads
> in Europe..  If nobody can sell you ink cartridges for it...
>
> Whereas in the US, the courts have seen trying to lock up the
> consumables as attempts at  vertical monopoly..
>
> Of course, given the current fluid international internet market, one
> could just buy a printhead from a UK supplier and buy cartridges from
> the US via the internet..
>