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not that i ever used these in m $300 epson printer, but for those who do to save mone from the high cost of cartridges, ithink this could be a very bad thing.
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| Refilling Ink Cartridges Now a Crime? |
| from the this-will-fix-our-overcrowded-prisons dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday September 04, @16:32 (Patents) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/04/1944210 |
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[0]Eric Smith writes "The Ninth Circuit has created [1]box-wrap patent licenses. Now the label on the box that says "single use only" is given force of law, and if you refill the cartridge you are liable for patent infringement."
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http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=05/09/04/1944210
Links:
0. mailto:eric@@@brouhaha...com
1. http://www.corante.com/copyfight/ar...test_ip_crime_boxwrap_patent_infringement.php