Announcement

June 22, 2020
Canon Inc.

Canon requests removal of toner cartridges offered by Northern Supplierr from Amazon Australia

TOKYO, June 22, 2020—Canon Inc. today announced that it filed a Report Infringement Form with Amazon.com.au based on the alleged infringement of claim 28 of Canon's Australian Patent Number AU2007205464 regarding the cartridge model CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A, CE320A, CE321A, CE322A, CE323A, CF210A, CF210X, CF211A, CF212A and CF213A offered by Northern Supplierr under ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers) B00LVQLLDM, B00LVQM532, B00LVQM3IE, B07GJ2T9SV, B00LVQMDAW and B00LVQMBWC.

After receipt of the Report Infringement Form, Amazon took down the respective products. These products are compatible with the OEM HP cartridge models and provide a non-OEM housing and a non-OEM force receiving device according to claim 28 of AU2007205464.

Filing a Report Infringement Form with Amazon is a service offered by Amazon and does not 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 take down and the vendor may object to it.