OEM Closes Lawsuit in U.S.

Canon announced the victory of a patent infringement lawsuit against OnlineTechStores.com, Inc. and Online Tech Stores, LLC. The two defendants trade under the names of SuppliesOutlet.com and SuppliesWholesalers.com. The suit concerns certain toner cartridges and photosensitive drum units for Canon and Hewlett-Packard laser beam printers.

Canon brought the case to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. As the solution to the suit, a Consent Judgment and Permanent Injunction are issued to ban both defendants from producing, using, selling and delivering for sale in the U.S., and from importing into the U.S., the toner cartridges and photosensitive drum units that Canon accused of infringing its U.S. Patent Nos. 8,135,304, 8,280,278, 8,369,744, 8,433,219, 8,437,669, 8,494,411, 8,565,640, 8,630,564, 8,676,085, 8,676,090, 8,682,215, and 8,688,008.

Canon asserts that it will always be ready to pursue legal enforcement against those who do not respect its intellectual property.