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January 25, 2021

Canon Requests Removal of Toner Cartridge offered by GUOCHUNHONG from Amazon.ca

TOKYO, January 25, 2021—Canon Inc. today announced the filing of an infringement report with Amazon.ca seeking the removal of an Amazon.ca listing for certain toner cartridges sold by GUOCHUNHONG.

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January 25, 2021

Canon requests removal of toner cartridges offered by guanghanshixiaohongmaoqichezhuangshifuwubu via Amazon

TOKYO, January 25, 2021—Canon announced today 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 guanghanshixiaohongmaoqichezhuangshifuwubu under the following ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers).

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January 25, 2021

Canon Announces Judgement of Acceptance Against Tito-Express IP & Marketing GmbH and its Managing Director of District Court Düsseldorf

TOKYO, January 25, 2021—Canon Inc. announced today that the District Court Düsseldorf issued a judgement of acceptance (docket no. 4a O 33/19) in the patent infringement proceedings against the German company Tito-Express IP & Marketing GmbH, doing business as "Tito-Express", and its managing director after Defendants acknowledged all claims asserted by Canon. The decision is based on infringement of the German portion of Canon's European Patent EP 1 977 289 B1 (in the following: "EP '289") and concerns the offering and distribution of certain laser toner cartridges including a developing unit moveable relative to the drum unit when receiving force via a force receiving device through, inter alia, www.amazon.de, www.shop.tito-express.de and via the eBay shop "Tito-Express-Shop". According to the decision, Tito-Express IP & Marketing GmbH as well as its managing director are, inter alia, enjoined from offering for sale and distributing certain laser toner cartridges that make use of EP '289 and, furthermore, paid damages to Canon Inc. The cartridges at issue can replace the OEM cartridge models HP CC530A, HP CC531A, HP CC532A, HP CC533A, HP CB540A, HP CB541A, HP CB542A and HP CB543A as well as the models HP CE320A, HP CE321A, HP CE322A and HP CE323A which are compatible with HP laser beam printers.

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January 20, 2021

Canon requests removal of toner cartridges offered by Handelsagentur Silhan GmbH via Amazon.de

TOKYO, January 20, 2021—Canon announced today that it filed Report Infringement Forms with Amazon.de based on the alleged use of claims 1 of the German portion of Canon's European Patent EP 2 137 577 ("EP '577") regarding certain models of toner cartridges CF350A, CF351A, CF352A and CF353A offered by Handelsagentur Silhan GmbH under the following ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers) B00LIUA50G.

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January 20, 2021

Canon requests removal of toner cartridges offered by INK XPERTS LTD from Amazon.co.uk

TOKYO, January 20, 2021—Canon Inc. today 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 CF380X, CF381A, CF382A and CF383A offered by INK XPERTS LTD under the ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number) B07YZK69R3. Afterwards, Amazon took down the respective products. These products are compatible with the above OEM HP cartridge models CF380X, CF381A, CF382A and CF383A 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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January 20, 2021

Canon requests removal of toner cartridge offered by Felix Dupont from Amazon.ca

TOKYO, January 20, 2021—Canon Inc. today announced the filing of an infringement report with Amazon.ca seeking the removal of an Amazon.ca listing for certain toner cartridges sold by Felix Dupont.

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January 14, 2021

Canon requests removal of toner cartridges offered by XIANSHIBEILINQUJINGLINGBAIHUODIAN via Amazon

TOKYO, January 14, 2021—Canon announces today 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 XIANSHIBEILINQUJINGLINGBAIHUODIAN under the following ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers).

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January 14, 2021

Canon requests removal of toner cartridges offered by FELIXMANIA S.L from Amazon.es

TOKYO, January 14, 2021—Canon Inc. today announced the filing of Report Infringement Forms with Amazon ES based on the alleged use of claims 1 and 2 of the Spanish portion of Canon's European Patent EP 1 977 289 ("EP '289") regarding the cartridge models CF380X, CC530A, CF210X and CE320A offered by FELIXMANIA S.L under the ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers) B017KUILLM, B016QMWQ48, B01700HE2Y and B016RYWXES. 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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January 14, 2021

Canon requests removal of toner cartridge offered by HBOYY from Amazon.ca

TOKYO, January 14, 2021—Canon Inc. today announced the filing of an infringement report with Amazon.ca seeking the removal of an Amazon.ca listing for certain toner cartridges sold by HBOYY.

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January 7, 2021

Canon requests removal of toner cartridges offered by Litpol Ltd from Amazon.es

TOKYO, January 7, 2021—Canon Inc. today announced the filing of Report Infringement Forms with Amazon ES based on the alleged use of claims 1 and 2 of the Spanish portion of Canon's European Patent EP 1 977 289 ("EP '289") regarding the cartridge models CC530A, CC531A, CC532A, CC533A, CB540A, CB541A, CB542A and CB543A offered by Litpol Ltd under the ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers) B07RL4N4Z4 and B07RL4MXR1. 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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January 7, 2021

Canon requests removal of toner cartridges offered by XIANSHIBEILINQUHUAHUAHUASHANGMAOBU via Amazon

TOKYO, January 7, 2021—Canon today 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 XIANSHIBEILINQUHUAHUAHUASHANGMAOBU under the following ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers).

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January 7, 2021

Canon requests removal of toner cartridges offered by NES Printer Supplies & Services from Amazon Australia

TOKYO, January 7, 2021—Canon Inc. today announced that it filed a Report Infringement Form with Amazon.com.au based on the alleged infringement of claim 28 of Canon's Australian Patent Number AU2007205464 regarding certain models CF380X, CC530A, CE410X, CF381A, CC531A, CE411A, CF383A, CC533A and CE413A cartridges offered by NES Printer Supplies & Services under ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers) B07D3MZ4XP, B07D3M7FLN and B07D3M7PDW. After receipt of the Report Infringement Form, Amazon took down the respective products. These products are compatible with the OEM HP cartridge models and provide a non-OEM housing and a non-OEM force receiving device according to claim 28 of AU2007205464.

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January 5, 2021

Canon places top five in U.S. patent rankings for 35 years running and first among Japanese companies for 16 years running

TOKYO, January 5, 2021—Canon Inc. ranked third for the number of U.S. patents awarded in 2020, becoming the only company in the world to have ranked in the top five for 35 years running, according to the latest ranking of preliminary patent results issued by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services. What's more, Canon once again ranked first among Japanese companies.

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January 5, 2021

Canon announces conclusion of toner cartridge patent lawsuit in U.S.

TOKYO, January 5, 2021—Canon and Ninestar have resolved their pending lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California regarding Ninestar's alleged infringement of Canon's U.S. Patent Nos. 9,851,688; 9,857,766; 10,620,582; 10,712,709; and 10,712,710. To resolve the lawsuit, Ninestar has agreed to stop making, using, selling and offering for sale in the U.S., and importing into the U.S., the toner cartridges that Canon accused of infringement. Further details of the settlement agreement are confidential.

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