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US regulator guns for HP printer cartridge clones
THE US International Trade Commission (ITC) is investigating a complaint from the maker of very expensive printer ink, HP, that some of its rivals are making the stuff a lot cheaper.
The investigation is based on a complaint filed by HP claiming that some dodgy foreign rivals are flogging knock-offs of its cartidges at lower prices.
It claims that certain inkjet printer ink cartridges are being sold containing printheads and components thereof that infringe patents asserted by HP.
Named in the investigation are MicroJet Technology, Asia Pacific Microsystems, Mipo Technology, Mipo Science & Technology, Mextec America, SinoTime Technologies, All Colors of Miami, and PTC.
The ITC said that it has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case. Its Chief Administrative Law Judge will assign the case to one of the ITC's six administrative law judges, who will look into HP's allegations. µ
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I will not buy any HP printers. The cartridges are too expensive and they have expiration date.
Sometimes, when the printers are on sale (inks included), it is cheaper than buying replacement inks, so a lot of people simply replace the whole printer. Talk about environment friendly.
Over time, I've seen HP create printers with a lot more plastic parts (very robust, oh yeah), increase ink prices, withdraw any support for parts other than consumable$, and generally appear to screw me any-which-way possible. So I'd say they can increase prices and monopolize all they want, 'cause I'm not going to have any of their products in-house that require any of their replacements. Revenue that way = 0.