Canon announces conclusion of dispute with Turbon AG, Turbon Europe GmbH and Mr. Michael Pages

TOKYO, June 14, 2019—Canon Inc. and Turbon AG, Turbon Europe GmbH as well as Michael Pages (Managing Member of the Board of Directors and Managing Director) agreed to resolve their pending patent dispute by signing a settlement agreement. In the course of the litigation Canon asserted claim 25 of European Patent EP 2 087 407 B1, relating to a process cartridge, against Turbon with the Court of Appeals Düsseldorf. Turbon agreed to refrain from making, offering, putting into circulation and/or importing and/or owning laser toner cartridges based on a certain manufacturing method and comprising a drum unit with a certain coupling member for use in various models of HP and/or Canon laser beam printers in Germany. Furthermore, Turbon has agreed to pay damages for past infringements to Canon. Further details of the settlement agreement are confidential.

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Canon requests removal of toner cartridge offered by Office Valley from Amazon.com

TOKYO, June 10, 2019—Canon Inc. today announced the filing of an infringement report with Amazon.com seeking removal of Amazon.com listings for certain toner cartridges sold by Office Valley for use in HP laser beam printers.
Canon's infringement report alleged that certain model HP 126A toner cartridges sold by Office Valley via Amazon.com infringed Canon's U.S. Patent No. 8,688,008. Canon requested that Amazon remove Office Valley listings for those products, namely, Office Valley listings with Amazon Standard Identification Numbers ("ASINs") B00PHL357M, B00PHL32VQ, B00PHL2TAQ, B00AW0FIZU, B00PHL37HU, B00PHL39IM, B00PHL308Q, B00PHL2YCE and B00PHL2VS6.