Wednesday, March 07, 2007
In July 2006, HP notified Ninestar of alleged patent infringements of its replacement “clone” cartridges that are compatible with many of HP’s printers.
The complaint was originally filed by Hewlett-Packard with the U.S. International Trade Commission against five ink cartridge suppliers in a Aug. 1 filing and was classified as “pending” until Dec 2006.
Named in the filing were NineStar Technology of China and California, one of the worlds largest inkjet cartridge manufacturers, as well as four other companies representing dealers of NineStar products, butterflyinkjet.com, iowaink.com, PrintMicro.com and Inkandbeyond.com.
The complaint alleged violations under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, involving IP infringement and other unfair acts. HP requested that the USITC institute an investigation and issue a “permanent limited exclusion order and permanent cease and desist orders,” according to official papers submitted.
Today HP announced that it has resolved ink cartridge patent violation issues with China-based Ninestar. As part of the resulting settlement, Ninestar formally acknowledges the validity of HP’s patents and has agreed to stop selling the the cartridges in question in the United States and other countries where such patents are held.
Filed under: Industry News | Tagged: butterflyinkjet.com, HP, ink cartridge patent, Inkandbeyond.com, iowaink.com, ninestar, PrintMicro.com, section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 |
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