Despite a recent case holding that refilling patented toner cartridges does not constitute infringement, manufacturer claims its 'single-use' patent is tenable

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit considered whether remanufacturing constitutes patent infringement in the 1997 case of Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Repeat-O-Type Stencil Manufacturing Corp. The court did not find infringment in the refilling of patented toner cartridges for ink-jet printers, seeing this as repair rather than reconstruction. At the same time that the court issued this ruling, printer-manufacturer Lexmark International Inc issued its own legal analysis of why remanufacturing of a cartridge labeled 'single use only' as sold in Lexmark's "Prebate" program would indeed be infringement.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing, Computer Input-Output Eqp NEC, Cases, Intellectual property, Inkjet printers, Printers (Equipment), Patents, Ink-jet printers, Toners (Xerography), Toner cartridges

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Insurance companies move defense in-house; using staff counsel in lieu of outside firms to defend insureds is generating much controversy

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Insurance companies' use of in-house lawyers rather than outside firms to defend insureds against third-party suits is a practice accepted in every state but NC, and it has withstood every critical argument by the defense bar. The usual attack is to claim a conflict of interest easily arises for a lawyer whose full-time employer is not his or her client. Law firms can also be just as dependent on an insurance company, however, and studies found they cost 2.89 times as much as in-house lawyers for defending a case.

Management, Usage, Laws, regulations and rules, Insurance industry, Corporate counsel, Defense (Civil procedure)

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