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Make of expensive printer ink, HP has used its "Dynamic Security" software updates to "create a monopoly" of replacement printer ink cartridges, a lawsuit filed against the company on 5 January claims.
The lawsuit, which may end up a class-action, is yet another form of legal trouble for HP for breaking printers when they try to use ink that doesn't have an HP logo.
The lawsuit, filed in US District Court in the Northern District of Illinois, names 11 people suing HP and wants the company to stop its printer software updates from blocking non-HP branded ink. The lawsuit wants more than $5,000,000 in damages and a trial by jury.
The lawsuit is about HP printer software updates issued in late 2022 and early 2023 that left users with bricked printers when they tried to print with non-HP ink:
Make of expensive printer ink, HP has used its "Dynamic Security" software updates to "create a monopoly" of replacement printer ink cartridges, a lawsuit filed against the company on 5 January claims.
The lawsuit, which may end up a class-action, is yet another form of legal trouble for HP for breaking printers when they try to use ink that doesn't have an HP logo.
The lawsuit, filed in US District Court in the Northern District of Illinois, names 11 people suing HP and wants the company to stop its printer software updates from blocking non-HP branded ink. The lawsuit wants more than $5,000,000 in damages and a trial by jury.
The lawsuit is about HP printer software updates issued in late 2022 and early 2023 that left users with bricked printers when they tried to print with non-HP ink:
