Printer maker Lexmark has found an unusual weapon to thwart rivals from selling replacement toner cartridges: the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. This lawsuit is ...

A nearly unanimous Supreme Court told Lexmark it can't use patent law to restrict printer cartridge buyers from doing what they want with the cartridges, including refilling them or even selling them ...

Doug Kari is a lawyer, business executive, and freelance writer in Southern California. The intellectual property interests are at it again, trying to leverage their rights to take away yours. No one ...

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court reaffirmed Tuesday that patent-holders cannot keep their rights over a product once they sell it, ruling against a large printer maker in a case that, among other things, ...

A case that went before the Supreme Court yesterday has a very long history. Lexmark sued Static Control Components (SCC) in 2002, arguing that SCC shouldn’t be allowed to reverse-engineer its ...

Lexmark is one of numerous printer manufacturers that installs smart chips in printer ink cartridges. If you try to refill an empty cartridge with a third-party ink ...

Kyle Wiens (@kylewiens) is the co-founder and CEO of iFixit, an online repair community and parts retailer. Impression Products wanted to make toner a bit cheaper by refilling Lexmark printer ...