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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Pazazz Printing has filed a Notice of Intention to restructure the company under Canada's Companies Creditors Arrangement Act. President Warren Werbitt says, “Pazazz file a Notice of Intention to preserve and maximize the value of the business.”
WhatTheyThink spoke with Warren this afternoon and he was upbeat and is making ...
Posted in Printing Industry News | 14 Comments »
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
MLP USA has announced that the company will not be exhibiting at Graph Expo 2010. MLP USA will instead pursue an alternative program this year for marketing to printers who either attend or don’t attend the show.
In a statement to WhatTheyThink, Marke Baker, president, MLP USA said “Our strategy for ...
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Xerox is suing Yahoo and Google for for alleged infringement of its patents on Internet search and e-commerce.
The 8 page complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Delaware (PDF) says Google AdSense and AdWords, Yahoo's Contextual search software infringes its 2004 patent on a system for automatically generating ...
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
GASC informed WhatTheyThink that Heidelberg will not be at Graph Expo 2010, instead focusing on IPEX taking place this May. Heidelberg has committed to Graph Expo 2011. HP will be front and center in booth 1200.
Heidelberg is not the only offset press manufacture to opt out of ...
Posted in Graph Expo 2010, Printing Industry News | 15 Comments »
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Penton Media announced today that it will restructure through a pre-packaged Chapter 11 plan of reorganization. The trade publisher has reached an agreement with its lenders that is expected to eliminate $270 million in debt.
In a statement released to the press, Sharon Rowlands, Chief Executive Officer of Penton said, "This ...
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
I was reading Barb Pellow's article Print Service Providers Are Going Social! which highlighted how two printers are using social media strategies to connect with customers and increase business. Social media can and does work when the right strategy is developed. Companies like Vistaprint and Tukaiz discussed in the article ...
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Kodak has filed patent infringement suits against Apple and Research in Motion for infringement of patents related to digital camera technology.
The Kodak complaint, filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), specifically claims that Apple’s iPhones and RIM’s camera-enabled BlackBerry devices infringe a Kodak patent that covers technology related to ...
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