From: "Randy H" 

Wanna stop third party toner manufacturers from eroding your market?

Yup....(from Politech)

Hearing postponed:
http://news.com.com/2110-1023-979975.html
Complaint:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/lexmark.complaint.010803.pdf
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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-979791.html
Lexmark invokes DMCA in toner suit
By Declan McCullagh
January 8, 2003, 7:28 PM PT
Printer maker Lexmark has found an unusual weapon to thwart rivals from
selling replacement toner cartridges: the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
A federal judge in Kentucky has scheduled a hearing for Thursday in the
case, which Lexmark filed against Static Control Components in an effort to
slam the brakes on the toner cartridge remanufacturing industry. Lexmark is
the No. 2 printer maker in the United States, behind Hewlett-Packard, and
manufactures printers under the Dell Computer brand.
[...]
Lexmark claims that Static Control violated the DMCA by selling its Smartek
chips to companies that refill toner cartridges and undercut Lexmark's
prices.
[...]


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