Lexmark Files Patent Complaints: Market Competition Clashes with Intellectual Property Interests

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In a great case to follow, the computer printer manufacturer Lexmark International, Inc. released a statement on August 23, 2010 announcing that it has filed patent infringement complaints against 24 cartridge vendors with the U.S. International Trade Commission. The Lexmark patent complaints allege that the named cartridge vendors infringed on at least 15 of its U.S. patents in the design of their replacement laser cartridge technology. On August 20, Lexmark also filed district court complaints in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio seeking damages, domestic and export injunctions, and attorney fees against the same defendants.

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