Supreme Court Rules in Impression Products v. Lexmark: No Patent Rights After Domestic and Foreign Sales
In a blow to Lexmark International, the U.S. Supreme Court today, in an almost unanimous opinion (7-1), ruled against Lexmark......
Legal Proceedings / Lexmark / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 30, 2017 · Last modified February 7, 2018
In a blow to Lexmark International, the U.S. Supreme Court today, in an almost unanimous opinion (7-1), ruled against Lexmark......
3D Printing / Brother / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Dealer Channel / Electronics for Imaging / Financial News / HP / Nuance / OKI / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 12, 2017 · Last modified June 21, 2018
At this point, it appears 3D printing hasn’t had much of an impact in the office-equipment industry, as home and......
Dealer Channel / Lexmark / News / Nuance / Output Management / Workflow Solutions
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 10, 2017 · Last modified June 21, 2018
Nuance Communications today reported that it’s forming a new strategic partnership with Lexmark International, to provide Nuance document-imaging solutions worldwide. Specifically,......
3D Printing / Commercial & Production Printing / Education / Epson / Financial News / Fuji Xerox / HP / Lexmark / Mergers & Acquisitions / Ricoh / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 5, 2017 · Last modified May 10, 2017
The saga at Lexmark International continued this week with news that Thoma Bravo, a private-equity firm, announced a definitive agreement......
Lexmark / Mergers & Acquisitions / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 3, 2017 · Last modified May 17, 2017
Thoma Bravo, a private-equity firm, today announced that it’s entered into a definitive agreement with Lexmark International to acquire Lexmark’s......
3D Printing / Electronics for Imaging / Financial News / Fuji Xerox / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / Market Reports & Forecasts / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 28, 2017 · Last modified May 3, 2017
Acquisitions continue to be the name of the game. To date, we’re only in the fourth month of 2017, but......
Lexmark / Mergers & Acquisitions / New Products
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 25, 2017 · Last modified May 3, 2017
Reuters reported today that Hyland Software will shortly be purchasing Lexmark International’s software division for nearly $1.5 billion – a move......
Education / Lexmark / Workflow Solutions
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 19, 2017 · Last modified May 12, 2017
Lexmark International today introduced an educational software solution for the K-12 and higher-education markets, the Lexmark Testing Assistant. The......
3D Printing / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Dealer Channel / Document Scanning / Hewlett-Packard / Kyocera / Lexmark / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 7, 2017 · Last modified June 21, 2018
Probably the most intriguing news this week came from Ricoh USA, which seemed to indicate in an announcement that it......
Lexmark International reports that it’s joined the European Remanufacturing Council (CER) as a founding member, a move that it says......
3D Printing / Canon / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Lexmark / News / Sharp / Toshiba / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 31, 2017 · Last modified April 12, 2017
The big news this week comes from Xerox, which announced its largest product launch in its history, consisting of a......
Legal Proceedings / Lexmark / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 27, 2017 · Last modified February 7, 2018
JD Supra reports that, last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the much-anticipated case involving patent-exhaustion and......
3D Printing / Brother / Canon / Cloud / Commercial & Production Printing / Document Scanning / Financial News / Hewlett-Packard / Kyocera / Large Format / Lexmark / Ricoh / Scanners / Sharp / Toshiba
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 17, 2017 · Last modified March 28, 2017
During his campaign last year, U.S. President Donald Trump stated several times that he would impose tariffs on products made......
Lexmark / News / Partnerships / Security
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 16, 2017 · Last modified July 5, 2017
Lexmark International reported yesterday that it’s partnering with Intelligent ID, which provides risk-management and user-behavioral analysis solutions, in order......
3D Printing / Brother / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Eastman Kodak / Electronics for Imaging / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Imaging Supplies / Konica Minolta / Lexmark / Mergers & Acquisitions / OKI / Patent-Infringement / Ricoh / Samsung / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 3, 2017 · Last modified February 7, 2018
This week, Konica Minolta announced new EFI Fiery digital front ends (DFEs) for its new Accurio toner-based production presses, the......
Legal Proceedings / Lexmark / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 28, 2017 · Last modified April 20, 2017
Law360 reports that another organization has come out in support of Lexmark International in the contentious Impression Products Inc. v. Lexmark......
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