Digital BW, The Print

Guys.  Can we take this stuff offline or at least constrain it to
constructive action, be it protesting the action in some formal way (Paul's
recommendations) or hedging your risk by acquiring carts today.  All this
banter back and forth by unqualified and uninvolved people is all just
worthless traffic. 


> From: Bob Frost <bob@...>

> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Epson Lawsuit -- MIS
> 
> Keith,
> 
>> In fact, if
>> the inks were the innovative feature, then EPSON would be able to charge
>> whatever they wanted for those inks and they could easily defend
>> infringements against the ink patents. The fact that they do not do so,
>> but guard the chips and cartridge patents, puts the lie to your line of
>> reasoning.
> 
> 
> Does it? As I said somewhere in another post, HP has just settled a case
> where a firm - Inkcycle -has had to pay up for selling refilled carts that
> infringed HP patents on ink. They had to alter the composition of the ink.
> They apparently didn't know HP had patents on ink!
> 
> http://news.com.com/HP,+InkCycle+settle+inkjet+refilling+suit/2100-1041_3-5737
> 561.html
> 
> Probably no problem for B&W inks unless they are copying patented
> carrier/solvent mixes or resin coatings.
> 
> Bob Frost.