HP sues several Chinese third-party ink cartridge manufacturers due to counterfeiting

[Gearbest News]HP has always occupied a large share in the global printer market, so the demand for accessories related to HP printers is also very strong. Recently, foreign media reported that due to the existence of many counterfeit ink cartridge products in the market, HP has filed a lawsuit against 12 ink cartridge suppliers in California, most of which are Chinese companies.

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According to reports, the lawsuit number is “23-cv-344”. HP and HP Development believe that the above-mentioned companies have violated relevant laws of the United States and California. The lawsuit mainly involves “unfair competition”, “trademark infringement”, “false advertising” and “deception”.

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HP stated in the indictment that the ink cartridges produced by the above-mentioned enterprises are very similar to HP's official genuine products in terms of appearance design and pattern layout, except that the “HP” logo has been replaced with its own style. Taking Amazon's online mall as an example, the search function will display a large number of product quotes when the original item number is entered. At first glance, many of them look like HP's “original genuine products”, but in fact they are not. This situation applies not only to HP's ink cartridges, but also to ink cartridges from all well-known manufacturers.

HP genuine ink cartridges (left) and counterfeit ink cartridges (right)

HP said that even without considering the infringement issue, these ink cartridges themselves have significant quality issues. Because the appearance is very similar, many users think that they are buying HP's original authentic products. If there are no quality problems during use, users may buy them again because of the cheaper price. However, once quality problems occur, users tend to blame HP, which will not only affect the sellers of official authentic products, but also the products of third-party ink cartridge suppliers that have not infringed, causing them significant losses in reputation and sales.

Some media have found that after HP filed a lawsuit, the number of counterfeit ink cartridges on Amazon websites in the United States and Germany has significantly decreased. It is unclear whether the official website has removed the relevant products or the counterfeiters took the initiative to remove them after HP took action. The relevant genuine products are still available on the website.

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