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Legal Requirements For Refilled Epson Cartridges
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FYI:
A recent press release by Epson expounds it's winning ruling against patient infringements.
| U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms ITC General Exclusion Order That Prohibits Imports of Infringing Ink Cartridges
- Epson Continues Enforcement of Its Ink Cartridge Patents -
– LONG BEACH, United States, January 19, 2009 –
On January 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington D.C. affirmed the Final Determination and General Exclusion Order of the U.S. International Trade Commission ("ITC"). A General Exclusion Order that bars imports of infringing new and refilled cartridges was entered by the ITC in October 2007, after an ITC trial established widespread infringement of Epson's cartridge patents by many foreign manufacturers, importers and U.S. distributors. The unsuccessful Appeal was filed by Ninestar Technologies Co, Ltd.of China, Ninestar's U.S. subsidiaries and Dataproducts USA LLC (a division of Clover Technologies Group). |
Epson's website also provides guidelines for what they consider to be legally remanufactured cartridges. Here is an excerpt:
| "The refilling process must be limited to legally permissible repair to restore the cartridge to usable condition, but not complete reconstruction by replacing major components like the ink tank and IC chip." |
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