On Mar. 25, 2015, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 6th
Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction against Eastman Kodak
Company's pricing policy for Versamark printer ink, finding
that the plaintiff, Collins Inkjet Corporation, was likely to
succeed on the merits of its claim that the pricing policy
constitutes unlawful tying. Collins Inkjet Corp. v. Eastman Kodak
Co., Case No. 14-3306, 2015 WL 1320675 (6th Cir. Mar. 25,
2015).
Kodak sells refurbished printer components for industrial
printers, and also sells ink. Collins competes with Kodak for the
sale of ink. In July 2013, Kodak announced that it would begin
charging customers higher prices for refurbished printer components
if the customers used non-Kodak ink—in effect offering
customers a discount for purchasing both refurbished printer
components and ink from Kodak. Collins sought and was granted a
preliminary injunction preventing Kodak from implementing this
price increase on the grounds that it
