September 4, 2015
Canon announces issuance of General Exclusion Order in U.S.
TOKYO, September 4, 2015Canon Inc. announced today the issuance of a General Exclusion Order (GEO) by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in Investigation No. 337-TA-918, pertaining to certain toner cartridges and photosensitive drum units sold for use in Canon and Hewlett-Packard laser beam printers. The GEO prohibits from entry into the U.S. toner cartridges and components thereof that infringe certain specified claims of Canon's U.S. Patent Nos. 8,280,278, 8,630,564, 8,682,215, 8,676,090, and 8,688,008 for the lives of those patents, irrespective of the source of the products. The specified claims include both claims directed to toner cartridges and claims directed to photosensitive drum units. The ITC also issued cease and desist orders against many of the Respondents named in the Investigation, prohibiting the sale of infringing toner cartridges and components thereof that have already been imported into the U.S.