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Joshua Wright, Jan 25, 2007
The contractual arrangement in Independent Ink is a classic example of a metering tie. A subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works, the Trident division, licensed its patented printheads to original equipment manufacturers on the condition that they purchase non-patented ink from Illinois Tool. Independent Ink, Inc., a rival distributor and supplier of ink and ink products, brought suit alleging that Illinois T
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