HP Goes After Walgreens, OfficeMax Over Ink Refills

It appears that third party ink refill companies need to be careful about their businesses. HP announced this week that it has launched legal action against Walgreen Co. and OfficeMax over patent infringements that HP says it found in multiple stores across the countries. Both Walgreen and OfficeMax have ink refilling stations in stores that will refill ink cartridges that customers bring in. Unfortunately, HP is not happy that customers are bringing in HP cartridges and refilling without genuine HP ink.

This type of thing has been going on for years, so I am surprised it took this long for a company to finally whine about it. I don’t blame people for taking the Walgreens route though. When it costs as much to fill your car with gas as it is your printer with ink, that’s when you look for alternatives.