Epson Hits Online Ink Cartridge Retailers

Four retailers agree to stop selling third-party ink cartridges designed for use in Epson's printers.

Martyn Williams, IDG News Service
Monday, May 01, 2006

Seiko Epson has succeeded in getting four online retailers of printer ink cartridges to stop selling a number of third-party ink cartridges designed for use in Epson printers, the Japanese company says.

The four retailers are in Germany and agreed in out of court settlements to stop selling the cartridges, which Seiko Epson asserts infringe upon its intellectual property.

The action is the latest in a string of successful attempts by the Japanese company to stamp out sales of unlicensed ink cartridges in Europe and the U.S.

Earlier this year Epson filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission against 24 companies that manufacture, import, or distribute aftermarket ink cartridges for sale in the U.S. and filed a case in the English High Court against Medea International In 2005, Epson succeeded in reaching out of court settlements with companies in the U.K. and Hong Kong.

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