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Lexmark Loses Supreme Court Bid in DMCA Suit Against SCC  

CNet Politics Blog writes:
Lexmark has failed in its attempt to wield the Digital Millennium Copyright Act against a small company that offered a way to let customers use refilled toner cartridges.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear Lexmark's petition to seek review of its defeat before a federal appeals court, Static Control said this week.
More: SCC press release [pdf].

More: Collection of case documents (including court opinions, copyright office ruling, and briefs).

Prior posts: Review of Two DMCA Cases: Lexmark and Chamberlain (Mar. 17, 2005), DMCA Applied to Garage Door Openers and Toner Cartridges (Feb. 24, 2005), and Sixth Circuit Rules Against Lexmark in DMCA Defense Case (Feb. 21, 2005).
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