New Removal Requests from Canon

Canon announced that it filed Report Infringement Forms with Amazon.de, and Amazon.es based on the alleged use of claims 1 and 2 of the Germany, and Spanish portions of Canon’s European Patent EP 1 977 289 (“EP ‘289”) regarding certain models of toner cartridges offered by SIA “Solution” under the following ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers).

Afterwards, Amazon took down the respective products. These products are compatible with the OEM HP cartridge models and provide inter alia a non-OEM housing and a non-OEM force receiving device according to claim 1 of EP ‘289. Furthermore, they comprise an elastic portion according to claim 2 of EP ‘289.

Filing a Report Infringement Form with Amazon is a service offered by Amazon and doesn’t comprise any official finding of validity or infringement of a patent. The decision to take down a product is in the discretion of Amazon and is based on information provided by Canon. Amazon informed the vendor about the takedown and the vendor may object to it.

Canon’s infringement report alleged that certain model CE310A, CE311A, CE312A and CE313A toner cartridges sold by M&F Shop via Amazon.com infringed Canon’s U.S. Patent No. 8,688,008. Canon requested that Amazon remove M&F Shop’s listings for those products, namely, M&F Shop’s listings with Amazon Standard Identification Numbers (“ASINs”) B01GDRZLI4, B01GDS9D3C, B01GDSAI2W, B01GDRXXWA, B01GDS63P8, B01GDS8JN2, B01GDS4OX6, B01GDSC90Q, B01GDS9W38, B01GDSB1YQ, B01GDS2DBQ and B01GDSCXWK.

At the time of this announcement, the above-identified M&F Shop’s listings were no longer available on Amazon.com. The above-identified Hehua Store’s listings were no longer available on Amazon.com.

Throughout the development, sales and marketing process, Canon respects the intellectual property of other companies and individuals and expects others to similarly respect Canon’s intellectual property rights. Canon remains committed to pursuing legal enforcement against those who do not respect Canon’s intellectual property.

(Source: https://global.canon/en/news/; https://global.canon/en/news/)