Lexmark: Refills a Big No-No

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1. September 6, 2005 10:38 PM
   S S Tan said:
   The judgement is fair. The prebated cartridge is cheaper than the regular cartridge. For the consideration of the discount, Lexmark insists on certain conditions one of which in short is 'no refilling'.What would be wrong would be that Lexmark keeps the regular cartridges off the shelves, thus depriving consumers of the right of choice. I am assuming that the regular cartridge does not carry such 'no refilling' restriction. Would this be ground for a class action suit if I can only source prebated cartridges and not regular cartridges?Perhaps it may be better that Lexmark comes to terms with the real world and that consumers want freedom of choice and not an impositon of an arbitrary practice even if it supported at law. Once goodwill is lost, it is seldom regained. They should take a leaf from the new IBM who today is sharing patents not only with their consumers but also with their competitors to the benefit of greater sales and higher profits for all parties.
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