Courtesy of Benzinga.
Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) announced today that the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled in its favor in connection with litigation initiated by Lexmark last year against 24 companies engaged in the manufacture, importation and sale of replacement laser toner cartridges for various Lexmark devices.
On September 27, 2011, the ITC issued a Final Determination holding that these replacement laser toner cartridges infringe at least 15 U.S. patents owned by Lexmark. Accordingly, the ITC issued a General Exclusion Order that bans all imports of infringing cartridges by any party, as well as a Cease and Desist Order that bars the named parties from selling infringing cartridges.
The accused cartridges covered by the ITC’s orders include:
Remanufactured, cloned (new), counterfeit, and/or compatible laser toner cartridges, and Empty cartridges or components first sold outside the United States,
