HP Reaches Settlement On Ink Cartridge Patents

Hewlett-Packard said Thursday it has reached a settlement with a Hong Kong company that it accused of infringing on ink cartridge patents.

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. said Thursday it has reached a settlement with a Hong Kong company that it accused of infringing on ink cartridge patents.

The company said Print-Rite Holdings Ltd. will remove affected cartridges from the U.S. and other nations where HP has made complaints.

The complete terms of the settlement were not disclosed. A call to HP was not immediately returned.

HP filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission in September, seeking to ban imports of ink cartridges that it said infringed on HP patents.

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