Provantage has agreed to an injunction from making, using, selling and offering for sale infringing cartridges, as well as importing them into the USA.
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HP introduces e-waste recycling system in Africa
OEM collaborates with recycling experts, financiers, regulators and academics to develop large-scale recycling facility and e-waste collection network in Kenya. The Guardian reported on the efforts made by HP to introduce large-scale e-waste recycling in East Africa...
Brother UK announces leadership team
New team of non-statutory directors aimed to shape OEM’s transition into services and solutions provider. OPI reported that Brother UK has selected a new leadership team of four non-statutory directors, all of whom have been “promoted from within the company” and will...
Man convicted of fraud against HP
British man faces multiple 20-year prison sentence and up to $500,000 in fines after defrauding the OEM of $14 million. The Telegraph reported that 47 year-old Mark Allan participated in a “conspiracy” to defraud HP of $14 million (€10 million) through the fraudulent...
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The Recycling Factory raises fund for RNLI
£100,000 target reached through recycling partnership between cartridge recycler and lifeboat charity. The Recycling Factory has announced that, for the fourth consecutive year, it has reached its £100,000 ($164,000/€120,000) fundraising target working with the Royal...
OCP changes company’s organisation
The changes, effective as of 1 January, see Horst Edelmeier and Siegfried Koch become members of an Advisory Board, whilst Michael Pohlschmidt has been appointed General Manager.
Company saves money with MPS
Mike Stately utilised MPS provided by Pacific Office Automation for his business after finding printer ink was one of the biggest office expenditures. Mike Stately told of how his company was over-spending on printer ink, explaining that while it prints its “fair...
Apple files patent for printing on 3D surfaces
Technology company says technology could be used for printing circuitry using conductive particles. Techno Buffalo reported that Apple has filed a patent describing an inkjet printer that is able to print directly onto 3D surfaces using conductive particles, with the...
HP’s Android PC “could kill” Windows
The OEM’s new Slate machine, powered by Google’s Android, could have huge implications for Microsoft’s operating system. The Motley Fool reported on the launch of the Slate PC by HP at the Consumer Electronics Show last week, referring to Gartner’s analysis that by...
HP’s Instant Ink programme reviewed
US news outlet reviews ink cartridge contract programme, saying it’s “an interesting model”. Dallas News reviewed Instant Ink, which was launched in September last year, and which works like a mobile phone contract, whereby users pay a fixed monthly plan to be sent...