> Don't you have a legal right to create exclusive distribution of your consumable product? IANAL, but the attitudes of judges in US courts seems to go the oth

> Don't you have a legal right to create exclusive distribution of your consumable product? IANAL, but the attitudes of judges in US courts seems to go the other way. See the recent inkjet refill lawsuit[1]. The courts appear to prefer the idea that once something is sold, it truly belongs to the person it was sold to. The first sale doctrine in copyright is another example. * https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/business/supreme-court-patent-rights-lexmark.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/business/supreme-court-pa...