September 20, 2018
Hewlett Packard Co. will pay a class of printer customers $1.5 million, not including attorneys' fees, to resolve allegations over phony error messages that popped up when users tried to install third-party ink cartridges, under a settlement proposed Tuesday in California federal court.
March 29, 2018
Customers who received phony error messages after trying to install third-party ink cartridges in Hewlett Packard Co. printers can proceed on some consumer protection claims in their putative class action, a California federal judge ruled Thursday while also tossing a slew of claims, most with leave to amend.
February 09, 2018
Customers who received phony error messages after trying to install third-party ink cartridges in Hewlett Packard Co. printers have asked a California federal court to certify a nationwide class action against the company for federal computer fraud and common law trespass.
July 14, 2017
HP Inc. urged a California federal judge Friday to toss a consolidated proposed class action alleging it attempted to monopolize the printer ink market by using a firmware update to prevent HP printers from accepting third-party ink cartridges, arguing that it doesn't have a legal obligation to ensure its printers use other companies' cartridges that infringe HP's intellectual property rights.