Canon Orders Infringing Cartridges Removed

Canon Orders Infringing Cartridges Removed

Canon claims it has filed Report Infringement Forms with Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.it and Amazon.es based on the alleged use of claims 1 and 2 of the UK, Italian and Spanish portions of Canon’s European Patent EP 1 977 289 (“EP ‘289”) regarding certain models of toner cartridges offered by Dama Service Industry srl under the following ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers).

On the same day, Canon also filed Report Infringement Forms with Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.it and Amazon.es based on the alleged use of claims 1 and 2 of the German, UK, Italian and Spanish portions of Canon’s European Patent EP 1 977 289 (“EP ‘289”) regarding certain models of toner cartridges offered by xianshi yanliangqucanranbaihuoshanghang 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.

(Source: https://global.canon/en/news/2020/20200114-3a.html; https://global.canon/en/news/2020/20200114-2a.html)

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