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Supreme Court: Patent holders can’t block resale of products (like printer cartridges)

The United States Supreme Court has issued a ruling that could have wide implications for the sale of used and refurbished products. Printer maker Lexmark had sued a company called Impression Products for patent infringement. Impression had been buying used Lexmark printer ink cartridges sold at low pries abroad, and then refilling and selling them in […]

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Epson EcoTank printers ditch ink cartridges for cheaper ink bottles

Tired of buying replacement ink cartridges for your printer? Epson has a new line of inkjet printers that doesn’t use cartridges. Instead, Epson EcoTank printers have refillable tanks, so instead of buying replacement cartridges, you buy bottles of ink to fill up the tank. How is that better? Because bottles will sell for $13 each […]