Another Company Settles Patent Dispute with Canon

Another Company Settles Patent Dispute with Canon

German-based Inbusco GmbH, as well as its managing director, agreed to resolve their pending patent dispute with Canon by signing a settlement agreement.

According to the announcement from Canon website, Inbusco GmbH inter alia accepted a preliminary injunction (docket no. 4a O 5/19) of the District Court Düsseldorf based on the infringement of the German portion of Canon’s European Patent EP 2 087 407 B1 as final and binding between the parties.

Furthermore, Inbusco GmbH has agreed to pay damages for past infringement to Canon. Further details of the settlement agreement are confidential.

Previously, RT Media reported that Nixim Europe Ltd., trading as “Top Cartridge Limited” in the United Kingdom has ended up signing a settlement with Canon Inc.

Both parties, including Nixim’s managing directors, have agreed to resolve their pending patent dispute over alleged infringements of Canon’s European patents relating to certain laser printer cartridges.

Nixim accepted a preliminary injunction (docket no. 4a O 76/18) from the District Court of Düsseldorf based on the infringement of the German portion of Canon’s European Patent EP 2 087 407 B1 as final and binding between the parties.

With respect to the UK portion of EP 2 087 407 B1, Nixim Europe Ltd. has voluntarily agreed to “refrain from making, offering, putting into circulation and/or importing and/or possessing laser toner cartridges comprising a drum unit with a certain coupling member for use in various models of HP and/or Canon laser beam printers in the United Kingdom.”

Canon has also been the most diligent of OEMs in chasing down allegedly infringing cartridges sold on Amazon in Europe, as well as the Americas and Australia. Canon claims it has had thousands of different vendors and cartridges removed.

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