Announcement

March 17, 2020
Canon Inc.

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

TOKYO, March 17, 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 tonercreek for use in HP laser beam printers.

Canon's infringement report alleged that certain model CC530A, CC531A, CC532A, CC533A, CE410X, CE411A, CE412A, CE413A, CF380A, CF381A, CF382A and CF383A toner cartridges sold by tonercreek via Amazon.com infringed Canon's U.S. Patent No. 8,588,646. Canon requested that Amazon remove tonercreek's listings for those products, namely, tonercreek's listings with Amazon Standard Identification Numbers ("ASINs") B07TYMYGXK, B07TVHCF7N, B0832F981C, B07TYHLZXC, B07TSCBHLZ and B07TYHG76K.

At the time of this announcement, the above-identified tonercreek 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.