Re:SCOTUS: Patent Rights Over a Printer Cartridge Are Exhaus...
by vmarsy on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @04:01PM
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> 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.
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...