LD Products and Others Settle Chipset Patent-Inf. Complaint

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    LD Products and Others Settle in Steven Miller Company Chipset Patent-Infringement Complaint

    Back in December 2010, various Steven Miller-owned or affiliated companies, including American Imaging Cartridge, Innovative Cartridge Technologies, and Platinum Manufacturing International, filed a patent-infringement complaint against several toner cartridge remanufacturers and distributors (see American Imaging Cartridge et al. v. Ronald Roman et al. [2010]). The Steven Miller companies had accused the defendants of selling universal Lexmark toner cartridges and components with chips that violate U.S. patents 7,136,608, 7,286,774, 7,187,874, 7,512,360, 7,551,859, 7,068,954, 7,106,993, 7,136,607, 7,362,988, 7,447,464, and 7,174,123. Since the complaint was filed nearly a year ago, several of the defendants have failed to respond and are in the process of defaulting, others signed settlement agreements with the plaintiffs and were dismissed from the complaint, and one signed a consent judgment. Now, the list of defendants has narrowed further.

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