Announcement

November 8, 2019
Canon Inc.

Canon requests removal of toner cartridges offered by xianshi yanliangqu canqiubaihuodianshanghang via Amazon

TOKYO, November 8, 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 xianshi yanliangqu canqiubaihuodianshanghang under the following ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers).

Country Cartridge model ASIN
GermanyCE410A
CE411A
CE412A
CE413A
CF380A
CF381A
CF382A
CF383A
B07QZR38NY
B07R1X1F3P
B07R1X7LT4
B07QWKQRHK
B07R18YLGV
B07QZ55TYS
B07R3SRQ3X
B07R18XSHF
B07R3GFGVR
UKCE410A
CE411A
CE412A
CE413A
CF380A
CF381A
CF382A
CF383A
B07QZR38NY
B07R1X1F3P
B07R1X7LT4
B07QWKQRHK
B07R2LQF15
B07R18YLGV
B07QZ55TYS
B07R3SRQ3X
B07R18XSHF
B07R3GFGVR
ItalyCC530A
CC531A
CC532A
CC533A
CE410A
CE411A
CE412A
CE413A
CF380A
CF381A
CF382A
CF383A
B07QYVTF69
B07QWNKY38
B07QXP4K35
B07QWS57P6
B07QWNNHRG
B07QYQFZ44
B07R32GJ7S
B07QZR38NY
B07R22Q6ZB
B07R1X1F3P
B07QZVMW1R
B07R1X7LT4
B07QYRGPHL
B07QWKQRHK
B07R21HB5B
B07R2LQF15
B07R18YLGV
B07QZ55TYS
B07R3SRQ3X
B07R18XSHF
B07R3GFGVR
SpainCE410A
CE411A
CE412A
CE413A
CF380A
CF381A
CF382A
CF383A
B07QZR38NY
B07R1X1F3P
B07R1X7LT4
B07QWKQRHK
B07R2LQF15
B07R18YLGV
B07QZ55TYS
B07R3SRQ3X
B07R18XSHF
B07R3GFGVR

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.