FC: Lexmark invokes DMCA in suit over aftermarket printer toner

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Hearing postponed:
http://news.com.com/2110-1023-979975.html

Complaint:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/lexmark.complaint.010803.pdf

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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-979791.html

   Lexmark invokes DMCA in toner suit
   By Declan McCullagh
   January 8, 2003, 7:28 PM PT

   Printer maker Lexmark has found an unusual weapon to thwart rivals
   from selling replacement toner cartridges: the Digital Millennium
   Copyright Act. 
   
   A federal judge in Kentucky has scheduled a hearing for Thursday in
   the case, which Lexmark filed against Static Control Components in an
   effort to slam the brakes on the toner cartridge remanufacturing
   industry. Lexmark is the No. 2 printer maker in the United States,
   behind Hewlett-Packard, and manufactures printers under the Dell
   Computer brand.
   [...]

   Lexmark claims that Static Control violated the DMCA by selling its
   Smartek chips to companies that refill toner cartridges and undercut
   Lexmark's prices.

   [...]



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