TOKYO, July 28, 2014—Canon today announced the filing of a patent infringement complaint in Germany with the District Court of Düsseldorf against Mr. Thomas Zenkel, owner of the domain "tintenalarm.de," for infringement of the German portion of Canon's European patent 2 087 407 relating to a drum unit and a process cartridge by, inter alia, the offering and sale of certain toner cartridges for use in various models of Hewlett-Packard German laser beam printers. Canon is seeking injunctive relief and damages.
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