HP avoids monetary damages over bricked printers in class-action settlement

HP had to pay millions in the past for defective printers, but in the course of a current class action it did not

HP avoids monetary damages over bricked printers in class-action settlement

HP has previously paid millions for bricking printers, but not this time.

The technological giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) recently concluded a settlement in a US class action concerning its controversial policy of "blocking" printers when they detect third-party ink cartridges. While the company accepts certain concessions, it does not, however, pay direct financial damages to the consumers concerned, a point that provokes many reactions.ContextAccording to court documents, the MEHC (Mobile...

HP Escapes Customer Payouts in Printer-Bricking Lawsuit Settlement

A United States District Court judge has approved a settlement between HP and customers who sued the company for firmware updates that prevented printers from working with non-HP ink cartridges. The class-action lawsuit, filed in December 2020, alleged HP "wrongfully compels users" to buy only HP ...

The collective lawsuit that took place against HP after the scandal with the locks on its printers for the cartridges of third parties has ended. The company, after being denounced, has come out of rositas after reaching an agreement with the accusation that requested the lawsuit, and with this, the case of HP and the locks of the printers remains in nothing, or better said, in almost nothing, because there will be compensation for those affecte…