At HP’s request, the authorities in two EU countries seized the inventory of an importer of compatible cartridges.
The authorities in the Netherlands and one other EU country visited the premises of an importer and served injunctions, and seized a quantity of imported compatible cartridges that could be used in HP inkjet printers.
The OEM has previously undertaken raids with authorities across the world. These include raids for components in Kenya last July and printer and cartridges in India in June last year; as well as other raids in Sri Lanka in September 2013, Pakistan in August 2013, Malaysia in May 2013 and November 2012, Saudi Arabia in April 2013 and the UAE in October 2012.