Judge Dee Lord said it is “proper to issue GEOs” in the case, which relates to “certain ink cartridges and components thereof”.
The case was confirmed in January by the USITC (United States International Trade Commission), and relates to patents 8,366,233; 8,454,116; 8,794,749; 8,801,163 and 8,882,513.
Cease and desist orders were also recommended for InkPro2day and Zinyaw, as both have been “found in default” earlier this year, and the USITC added that there is evidence that the former “maintains a commercially significant inventory of infringing Epson-compatible ink cartridges in the USA”.
The OEM said from the outset of the investigation that it previously obtained a GEO in an action in 2006 “that is still enforced” concerning a “broad range of on-carriage cartridges” for both consumer and business inkjet machines.