Refilling Ink Cartridges Now a Crime?

Eric Smith writes "The Ninth Circuit has created box-wrap patent licenses. Now the label on the box that says "single use only" is given force of law, and if you refill the cartridge you are liable for patent infringement."

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It is shameful to live in a country

[Mensa Babe]

where it is a crime to save the environment. It is sad to realize, though, who is really responsible for that outrageous law: The People, that's who. I am just disgusted.

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[makomk]

Forget it. Damnit, where's the "unpost" button? Or the "edit post"? Or even the "correct your mistake without hitting the post rate limit" one?