TOKYO, October 3, 2019—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 Germany, UK, Italian and Spanish portions of Canon's European Patent EP 1 977 289 ("EP '289") regarding certain models of toner cartridges offered by Chengdu yuehongshun shangmao youxian gongsi under the following ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers).
| Country | Cartridge model | ASIN |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | CC530A CC531A CC532A CC533A CE410X CE411A CE412A CE413A CF380X CF381A CF382A CF383A |
B015FMWGYU |
| B07D6M29K5 | ||
| B015FMWJME | ||
| B07HH1KBQK | ||
| B07P94WBH5 | ||
| B01I2TC5W6 | ||
| B07D6KFTXS | ||
| B07DCNMLX3 | ||
| B00ZCEQHGK | ||
| B07D6KCSJ6 | ||
| UK | CC530A CC531A CC532A CC533A CE410X CE411A CE412A CE413A CF380X CF381A CF382A CF383A |
B015FMWGYU |
| Italy | CC530A CC531A CC532A CC533A CE410X CE411A CE412A CE413A CF380X CF381A CF382A CF383A |
B015FMWGYU |
| B07D6M29K5 | ||
| B015FMWJME | ||
| B07HH1KBQK | ||
| B07P94WBH5 | ||
| B01I2TC5W6 | ||
| B07D6KFTXS | ||
| B07DCNMLX3 | ||
| B00ZCEQHGK | ||
| B07D6KCSJ6 | ||
| B07DCN758X | ||
| B07D6KV7WM | ||
| B01ESUB45C | ||
| B07D6LKN3Z | ||
| B07D6KZC82 | ||
| B07FF15ZCK | ||
| B07D6LWL6N | ||
| B07FF4R9BT | ||
| B07D6M1MV9 | ||
| B07D6L2SSN | ||
| B07D6L6G3V | ||
| Spain | CC530A CC531A CC532A CC533A CE410X CE411A CE412A CE413A CF380X CF381A CF382A CF383A |
B015FMWGYU |
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.
Filing a Report Infringement Form with Amazon is a service offered by Amazon and doesn't comprise any official finding of validity or infringement of a patent. The decision to take down a product is in the discretion of Amazon and is based on information provided by Canon. Amazon informed the vendor about the takedown and the vendor may object to it.
