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"You buy it, you own it" - but not if you buy Lexmark laser cartridges - Pay attention next time you rip open a cardboard box - you may be entering into a contract without realizing it. A recent decision in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reinforced the right of companies, in this case Lexmark International, the printer maker, to legally limit what customers can do with a patented product, given that the company spells out conditions and restrictions on a package label known as a box-top license. Link.
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"You buy it, you own it" - but not if you buy Lexmark laser cartridges - Pay attention next time you rip open a cardboard box - you may be entering into a contract without realizing it. A recent decision in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reinforced the right of companies, in this case Lexmark International, the printer maker, to legally limit what customers can do with a patented product, given that the company spells out conditions and restrictions on a package label known as a box-top license. Link.
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Oct 3, 2005 02:22 PM
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