[ale] Refill ink cartridge, go to jail!!

[Jeff Hubbs]

Even so, this is as crazy as it would be if the cops would actually come
ofter you for pulling a tag off of a mattress "under penalty of law."


On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 00:27 -0400, Raylynn Knight wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-09-04 at 18:43 -0400, Randal Jarrett (K4RSJ) wrote:
> > >From /.
> > 
> > Your Rights Online: Refilling Ink Cartridges Now a Crime? 
> > 
> > 
> > Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday September 04, @04:32PM
> > from the this-will-fix-our-overcrowded-prisons dept.
> > Eric Smith writes "The Ninth Circuit has created 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."
> > 
> > 
> > Randy
> > 
>  Did you read the ruling?  Your summary is completely off base.  Lexmark
> sold the cartridges with a $30 'Prebate'.  The customer gets the
> cartridge for $30 less if they agree to return it to Lexmark for
> remanufacturing.  You can opt to buy the cartridge without the post-sale
> restriction at a $30 higher price.
> 
> Ray
> 
> 
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