Canon Orders Removal of Thousands of Infringing Products

Canon Orders Removal of Thousands of Infringing Products

Canon is the most diligent of printer OEMs to scrutinise the online listings of aftermarket printer cartridges, particularly on Amazon.

The iconic imaging leader has yet again, used the infringement reporting service offered by Amazon to see thousands of listings removed in Australia, USA, Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and France.

The OEM has again provided details on its website of the removals. However, you will not find anywhere on the site where the listings were reintroduced and put back online after it was found that some, at least, were not actually infringing, but just suspected of doing so. But that’s another story.

On October 30, Canon stated in three separate press releases that it successfully sought the removal of “allegedly” infringing products as follows:

• 12 listings from Amazon in Australia, bringing the total removed since September 2019 to 179. The recent removals were suspect of infringing Canon’s Australian Patent Nos. 2014208277 and 2007205464;
• 2,762 listings from Amazon in Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and France. This brings the total removals since June 2018 from Amazon in Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, France and Turkey to 9,170. Canon believes the third-party laser toner cartridges infringed one or more of Canon’s European Patents No. 2 087 407 and No. 1 977 289;

• 305 listings in Canada and the United States of America, with the total number of listings removed since June 2018 from Amazon in Canada, Mexico and the United States of America to 2,166. Canon claimed these infringed one or more of U.S. Patent No. 8,280,278, U.S. Patent No. 8,630,564, U.S. Patent No. 8,682,215, U.S. Patent No. 8,688,008, U.S. Patent No. 8,676,090, U.S. Patent No. 8,588,646, U.S. Pat. No. 9,581,958, Canadian Patent No. 2,635,791, Canadian Patent No. 2,910,527, Mexican Patent No. 308881 and Mexican Patent No. 317598.

The “Amazon Reporting Tool” is a service offered by Amazon and does not encompass any official finding of validity or infringement of a patent. Canon says it appreciates the support of Amazon in protecting its intellectual property.

Related:

Removals since June 2020, include

• October 22, 2020: Canon Requests Removal in Canada and UK
• October 8, 2020: Canon Continues its War Against Infringing Online Sales
• September 23, 2020: Canon Continues Removal Requests in Canada and Mexico
• July 31, 2020: Canon Boasts Thousands of Infringing Removals from Amazon
• July 15, 2020: Amazon Removes Infringing Cartridges in Canada USA and Europe
• July 3, 2020: Three More Removal Requests by Canon to Amazon
• June 28, 2020: Amazon Steps Up to Keep Fighting Counterfeits
• June 22, 2020: Canon Pulls Products off Amazon in Australia USA and UK
• June 18, 2020: Canon Orders More Amazon Removals in Two Countries
• June 11, 2020: Three Strikes You’re Out: Canon Requests of Amazon
• June 3, 2020: Canon Diligently Makes More Amazon Removal Requests
• Canon Continues to Make Amazon Removal Requests

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