Announcement

March 5, 2020
Canon Inc.

Canon requests removal of toner cartridge offered by Northland Wholesale 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 Northland Wholesale for use in HP laser beam printers.

Canon's infringement report alleged that certain model CE310A, CE311A, CE312A andCE313A toner cartridges sold by Northland Wholesale via Amazon.com infringed Canon's U.S. Patent No. 8,688,008. Canon requested that Amazon remove Northland Wholesale's listings for those products, namely, Northland Wholesale's listings with Amazon Standard Identification Numbers ("ASINs") B00DYZKAGM and B00DYZK7OC.

At the time of this announcement, the above-identified Northland Wholesale's 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.