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Re:SCOTUS: Patent Rights Over a Printer Cartridge Are Exhaus... by 01572 on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @02:21PM (#14447295)
Will companies now save more money on toner?

Is there anyone selling a reverse-engineered, refillable pod for the coffee machines that only accept pre-filled proprietary ones?

Do these coffee machine vendors seek to use patents to protect their sales of coffee?

Edit: I know Keurig and Nespresso are the well-publicised examples, but I was thinking of the others. I assume with reasonable confidence there are others still using non-refillable proprietary pods.

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Re:SCOTUS: Patent Rights Over a Printer Cartridge Are Exhaus... by vmarsy on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @04:01PM (#14448089)
> Do these coffee machine vendors seek to use patents to protect their sales of coffee?

A couple years ago this was a debate in France, Nespresso lost but it was because of anti-competitive behavior[1]. There's apparently[2] plenty of 3rd party nespresso pods : around 50 brands worldwide.

[1] https://arstechnica.com/business/2014/04/nespresso-open-sour...

[2] http://www.beveragedaily.com/Processing-Packaging/Coffee-cap...

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Re:SCOTUS: Patent Rights Over a Printer Cartridge Are Exhaus... by lallysingh on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @02:33PM (#14447361)
You can get a refillable pod for kuerigs. I think it's even kuerig branded. Is there another vendor you're thinking of?
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Re:SCOTUS: Patent Rights Over a Printer Cartridge Are Exhaus... by cromulent on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @03:11PM (#14447654)
Lidl sell Nespresso compatible capsules.
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