Brother has been reasonably quiet about defending its intellectual property rights. But in August, it filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) against 32 companies and individuals that allegedly infringed its patents. By doing so, Brother joins Canon Read More

After a chilly, even hostile reception at the appellate level, the US Supreme Court appears warmly open to domestic patent exhaustion. As for international patent exhaustion after the first sale of a cartridge, it appears ready to overturn the lower court on that issue as well. Read More

Editor’s note: In late January the International Imaging Technology Council (Int’l ITC), a not-for-profit trade association that represents the interests of the world’s imaging supplies industry, including office machine retail and repair; office supply retail and Read More