SINGAPORE--The next time you step into a computer store for a Hewlett-Packard inkjet cartridge, you can be assured that the product is not a counterfeit. This is HP's promise to its customers after 14 ...

123inkt, a Dutch reseller of printer ink cartridges, has accused HP of intentionally sabotaging non-HP ink cartridges via a failure date, pre-programmed in the firmware of some HP laser ink printers.

Over the weekend, we reported that Hewlett-Packard had made the unsavory move of essentially bricking scores of third-party ink cartridges that were in use in customers’ printers. HP’s rather brazen ...