Reply to post: @Sleep Deprived ... Re: @Drew...

How Lexmark's patent fight to crush an ink reseller will affect us all

Ian Michael Gumby
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@Sleep Deprived ... Re: @Drew...

Again, you want to refill your own ink cartridges... nothing Lexmark can do to stop you.

This issue is about a business reselling used cartridges and Lexmark is suing them by arguing a patent violation. You can look at the K-Cup lawsuits as a pattern that Lexmark can use and probably argue in court because that's what Keurig did.

To your point, once the patent expired... Keurig couldn't stop other companies offering K-Cups and with their new product... sales were kind of flat. Consumers didn't buy in to it.

Personally I have a built in Miele coffee machine that makes the perfect cup of coffee and all I need to do is to add my own beans, milk and keep the damn thing clean. :-)

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