InkCycle gives HP some money

Read this from ZDNet:

InkCycle said it has paid HP an undisclosed sum as part of the settlement. The patents cover the ink found in refurbished cartridges that are compatible with HP cartridges numbered 49, 57 and 78. HP initially filed the lawsuit in March after it discovered that refilled inkjet cartridges sold under the Staples brand contained patent-infringing ink.

The article lists the following numbers of HP-owned patents:

• 9,000 patents related to imaging and printing
• 4,000 of them for consumable supplies such as ink and cartridges
• 200 patents with specifics on ink

This is an amazing number of patents! And all along, I thought that carbon + water + color pigment = ink.

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