![]() The lawsuit seeks to certify several classes of printer purchases. The pleading states claims under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (CDAFA), California false advertising and consumer protection laws, and states a claim for injunctive relief. They also accuse HP of using this firmware update process to hide its surreptitious collection of data concerning whether consumers are using HP or its competitors’ cartridges without their consent. In their third amended complaint, the business and individual plaintiffs assert that HP transmits online firmware updates to printers which alters the machines’ code and renders competitors’ ink cartridges incompatible. The decision leaves the complaint largely intact. Last Friday, a Northern District of California court issued a 24-page opinion in the case over HP Inc.’s internet-based updates that purportedly slow and reduce its printers’ capabilities.
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