HP and InkCycle have announced that they have resolved their patent infringement lawsuit regarding the inks InkCycle had used in the refilling of certain HP inkjet cartridges. Under the terms of the agreement, InkCycle has agreed to get hold of re-formulated,...
Hewlett Packard has reported stronger than expected earnings for its second quarter as a result of a 7% rise in sales across its business enterprises. Despite gloomier predictions about the current quarter’s earnings being below the level anticipated by market...
Norway has reported the best WEEE collection rates in the world.In 2004, over 90 percent of electrical and electronic waste in the country was collected and processed in an environmentally responsible manner. Reports from the return systems for EE waste show that a...
‘Where now for Europe?’ That’s the question hanging like a dark rain cloud on a sunny afternoon for the European Union and its member states after the French and Dutch so decisively rejected the EU Constitution in their national referendums. Added to that, British...
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Between 9th and 11th November 2005, Messe Frankfurt will join forces with two partners – SHOPA and PROPAPER – to launch “Paperworld USA – World of school, home, and office products” in Las Vegas, Nevada. The new event will be the first international trade show in the...
A third criminal complaint against an owner of a Turkish company, based in Beykoz, allegedly involved in the assembly of counterfeit consumables for Oki printers, has been filed by Oki, which specialises in business printing solutions. In late 2002, approximately...
In mid-February an unnamed woman from Georgia in the US filed a suit against HP in Santa Clara Superior Court in California. The lawsuit, which seeks to represent anyone in the US who has purchased an HP inkjet printer since February 2001, claims that chips inside...
Brother Industries, Ltd. has announced that it has received an official permit from the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China to establish a wholesale company – Brother (China) Ltd. – as a wholly owned subsidiary of Brother. The wholesale company...
Market research firm Gartner Japan Ltd. shows that Japanese shipments of inkjet printers intended home use fell by 2.4% to 6.46 million units in 2004. The amount of single-function inkjet printers shipped fell by 18% in terms of units. However, on the other hand,...
On 19-20 February 2005 the first of a series of ReFortunEast Seminars took place in the conference halls of the Princess Hotel in Sofia. The organisers of the event were ReFortunEast magazine, RechargEast Magazine and Aydany Consulting Ltd. These seminars have been...