inkjet cartridges

Ink Jet Cartridge Defendants Fighting Back

June 09, 2011 18:00

Defendants led by NineStar, the Chinese manufacturer of ink jet cartridge compatible with Epson printers, fired off a series of summary judgment motions attacking several of the Epson patents.  Most of these motions pertain to claim construction whereby NineStar is seeking to have claim terms...

Inkjet Cartridge Defendants Fighting Back

June 09, 2011 18:00

Defendants led by NineStar, the Chinese manufacturer of ink jet cartridges compatible with Epson printers, fired off a series of summary judgment motions attacking several of the Epson patents.  Most of these motions pertain to claim construction whereby NineStar is seeking to have claim terms...

Construing Claims in the Epson vs Inkjet Cartridge Sellers Cases

March 02, 2010 20:48

The parties have filed a joint claim construction statement in advance of the upcoming Markman hearings.  Previously Epson had reduced the number of asserted patents from eighteen to four: U.S. Patent Nos. 5,622,439 ("the '439 patent"), 5,158,377 ("the '377 patent"),...

Ninestar Strikes Back with Counterclaims in the Epson Inkjet Case

January 25, 2010 19:44

Epson continues to aggressively assert its patents against manufacturers and resellers of inkjet cartridges, but some of the defendants are fighting back. In its Second Amended Answer (pdf), Ninestar - or more precisely Defendants Ninestar Image Co. Ltd. (now known as Ninestar Technology Co.,...

Epson Inkjet Case Not Transferred: Green Project Fails To Persuade Court to Transfer Case to California

January 20, 2010 17:32

In Seiko Epson v. Abacus 24-7 , et al., (No. 3:08-cv-00452-BR), defendants Green Project, Inc. and Joseph Wu moved to sever Epson’s patent infringement claim and its own counterclaims from the remainder of this case and transfer to the United States District Court for the Central District of...