Announcement

March 5, 2020
Canon Inc.

Canon requests removal of toner cartridge offered by Innature from Amazon.com

TOKYO, March 5, 2020—Canon Inc. today announced the filing of an infringement report with Amazon.com seeking removal of Amazon.com listings for certain toner cartridges sold by Innature for use in HP laser beam printers.

Canon's infringement report alleged that certain model CE310A, CE311A, CE312A and CE313A toner cartridges sold by Innature via Amazon.com infringed Canon's U.S. Patent No. 8,688,008. Canon requested that Amazon remove Innature's listings for those products, namely, Innature's listings with Amazon Standard Identification Numbers ("ASINs") B07SRT4W7X, B07STVT429, B07SSSWWNX, B07SQQPLV1, B07SRTBR9X, B07SX3LHZB and B07T36CHZZ.

At the time of this announcement, the above-identified Innature listings were no longer available on Amazon.com.

Throughout the development, sales and marketing process, Canon respects the intellectual property of other companies and individuals and expects others to similarly respect Canon's intellectual property rights. Canon remains committed to pursuing legal enforcement against those who do not respect Canon's intellectual property.