*NEWS*EPSON WINS RULING AGAINST ASIAN CO.

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 Epson wins patent ruling against Asian player
 May 05

A federal judge has ruled that Hong
Kong-based Multi-Union, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of recycled
ink cartridges, is infringing Epson’s patent
laws.

Rejecting Multi-Union’s arguments of non-infringement and patent
invalidity, the court found 23 models of Multi-Union cartridges sold for use in
Epson printers to be in breach of the OEM giant’s dot matrix patents.

However, the judge denied Epson’s request to remove the inkjet cartridges from the market, and refused to
determine whether Epson’s dot matrix patents are valid. These issues will be
tried by a jury in September 2005, who will also decide on monetary damages as
requested by Epson.

A spokesperson for Multi-Union said: “While we are
disappointed with the court’s interpretation of Epson’s dot matrix patents and
the rulings that flow from it, we believe that those patents will eventually be
declared either invalid or not infringed. Consequently, we will continue to
aggressively defend ourselves in this matter.”

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May 10, 2005 at 11:28 AM