There are dozens of different printers in Lexmark's X line, and they vary widely. The X543DN, for example, is a laser printer for which you would buy toner, not ink cartridges. Even the X-series ...

Doug Kari is a lawyer, business executive, and freelance writer in Southern California. The intellectual property interests are at it again, trying to leverage their rights to take away yours. No one ...

Lexmark is one of numerous printer manufacturers that installs smart chips in printer ink cartridges. If you try to refill an empty cartridge with a third-party ink ...

Score one for the little guys. In a precedent-setting decision handed down this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a company’s patent rights are forfeited once they sell an item to a consumer ...

A case that went before the Supreme Court yesterday has a very long history. Lexmark sued Static Control Components (SCC) in 2002, arguing that SCC shouldn’t be allowed to reverse-engineer its ...

A nearly unanimous Supreme Court told Lexmark it can't use patent law to restrict printer cartridge buyers from doing what they want with the cartridges, including refilling them or even selling them ...

Kyle Wiens (@kylewiens) is the co-founder and CEO of iFixit, an online repair community and parts retailer. Impression Products wanted to make toner a bit cheaper by refilling Lexmark printer ...