Lexmark is at it again! This week they filed lawsuits against ink cartridge refillers who they claim have been cutting in to their profits for years.

Lexmark is after North Carolina based Static Control again because they want static control to stop competing for their remanufactured cartridge business. Lexmark v Static Control started back in 2005 and focused up Lexmark’s Smart Chip technology. Now we are back for round 2 with Lexmark claiming Static Control has violated copyright law.

Lexmark claims that of the 10 million toner cartridges it shipped last year cartridge remanufacturers took away 27% (about 2.7 million) of the empties for remanufacturing for reselling. This could be worth as much as $200 million.

One good lawsuit deserves another, so Static Control has filed a law suit of its own. Static Control has accused Lexmark of monopolizing the toner cartridge market and falsely representing their products.

More to come . . .

What do you think about this? Sounds like a “deep pocket” approach to me.