by stefanie | Dec 22, 2020 | Around the Industry
The OEM has been talking about its successful raids and actions across Europe, Middle East and Africa in the last five years. According to a report by Naja247News HP’s Global Anti-Counterfeit Programme Director, Glenn Jones spoke in Lagos about its recent successes in...
by stefanie | Dec 21, 2020 | Around the Industry
HP back in court with a firmware class action and is accused of using firmware updates as malware to render competitors’ supply cartridges incompatible with HP printers. On 17 December a new Class Action was filed against HP in the United States District Court...
by stefanie | Dec 21, 2020 | Around the Industry
The Recycler reported on HP’s decision to stop its free (up to 15 pages per month) plan and replace it with a charged plan, which the OEM allegedly has now retracted. For the low volume consumer, HP’s print-free-for-life tier of their instant ink programme was a...
by stefanie | Dec 10, 2020 | World Focus
The aftermarket responds to Italy’s €10 million ($12 million) penalty on HP and others take to social media to comment. The Italian agency L’Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM) found that that HP Inc. and HP Italy Srl had for some years introduced...
by stefanie | Dec 9, 2020 | Around the Industry
The OEM’s anti-counterfeiting and fraud team, along with local authorities stopped a shipment of 6,000 counterfeit products from entering Saudi Arabia. The notice given in October from HP’s ACF team says that the on the Red Sea coast, Saudi customs managed to stop an...