Canon obtains Preliminary Injunction against Print-klex GmbH & Co. KG and its Managing Director

TOKYO, February 22, 2019—Canon Inc. today announced that the District Court Düsseldorf granted a preliminary injunction against Print-klex GmbH & Co., doing business as "Print-klex" and "123color," as well as against its managing director. The preliminary injunction is based on the infringement of the German portion of Canon's European patent EP 2 087 407 relating to a drum unit and a process cartridge. The preliminary injunction enjoins Print-klex GmbH & Co. from offering and distributing laser toner cartridges comprising a drum unit with a certain coupling member via, for example, www.amazon.de, www.ebay.de and www.print-klex.de. The infringing cartridges can replace the OEM cartridge models HP CF226X and HP CF287A, which are compatible with HP laser beam printers. Furthermore, the preliminary injunction contains a claim for sequestration, so the infringing cartridges have been handed over to a bailiff until the matter is finally solved.

Canon requests removal of toner cartridges offered by Punto Rigenera S.R.L. from Amazon.it

TOKYO, February 22, 2019—Canon Inc. today announced the filing of a Report Infringement Forms with Amazon.it based on the alleged use of claims 1 and 2 of the Italian portion of Canon's European Patent EP 1 977 289 ("EP '289") regarding the cartridge models "CB540A" and "CE320A" offered by Punto Rigenera S.R.L. under the ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Number) B07D6MD8VL and B079HSYX39. 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.

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