Lexmark Wins the Right to Sue Its Customers

Ed Foster writes on his Gripelog, “If your business is considering a laser printer purchase anytime soon, I’d like to make sure you’re aware of one fact. After a protracted legal struggle, Lexmark has succeeded in getting federal district court sanction to sue its customers if they violate the company’s “boxwrap” license agreement. And, while Lexmark has at least hinted that suing customers is not its intention, you might not want to take the chance.

No sooner did I remark the other day how refreshing it was to see a court render a good decision for once then word came of two more recent federal court decisions that are just the opposite. The ruling to uphold Blizzard’s EULA ban of reverse engineering is so depressing that I’m just not going to even talk about it right now. But the Ninth Circuit’s decision in the ACRA vs. Lexmark case deserves our attention, if only because it’s one in which it’s clear what my readers can do about it.”

Who is running Lexmark, anyways? Suing your customers?

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