Canon Requests More Cartridges Removed from Amazon

Canon continued its efforts in filing report infringement forms with Amazon in Europe, seeking removals of certain toner cartridges from Amazon listings.

Canon Inc. announced that it 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 JinzhongshiYuciquWeiliyangguanghuwaiyongpinjingxia 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.

Canon Inc. announced the filing of Report Infringement Forms with Amazon UK based on the alleged use of claims 1 and 2 of the UK portion of Canon’s European Patent EP 1 977 289 (“EP ‘289”) regarding the cartridge models CE410X, CE411A, CE412A, CE413A, CE320A, CE321A, CE323A and CE322A offered by The uni private limited under the ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers) B01N4579NV, B01MSJFOCU, B01N9ACC5C, B01IR6UJKY, B01IR5XZNI, B01IR73CNE, B01IR6R6OQ and B01II1BFW4.

Afterwards, Amazon took down the respective products. These products are compatible with the above OEM HP cartridge models CE410X, CE411A, CE412A, CE413A, CE320A, CE321A, CE323A and CE322A 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.

Canon Inc. announced that it 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 WuTaiXianTaiChengZhenChaoShiJieBaiHuoJingYingBu under the following ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers).