Announcement

July 15, 2020
Canon Inc.

Canon requested removal of toner cartridges offered by Printperfect Ltd, trading as "PerfectPrint" via Amazon

TOKYO, July 15, 2020—Canon Inc. announced today that it filed Report Infringement Forms with Amazon.de, Amazon.it, Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.es based on the alleged use of claims 1 and 2 of the German, Italian, UK and Spanish portions of Canon's European Patent EP 1 977 289 B1 ("EP '289") regarding certain models of toner cartridges offered by Printperfect Ltd, trading on Amazon as "PerfectPrint," under the following ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers).

Country Cartridge model ASIN
GermanyCC530A, CC531A, CC532A, CC533A, CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A, CF210A, CF211A, CF212A and CF213AB00MNMKLC0, B00MMKEGQU, B00AIQ2AFY, 9088000360, 9088000379, 9088000387, B00APXK6SI, 9088000727, 9088000735, 9088000743, 9088000751, B00BEVUPO0
UKCC530A, CC531A, CC532A, CC533A, CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A and CF210A B00APXK6SI, B00AIQ2AFY, B00BEVUPO0
ItalyCC530A, CC531A, CC532A, CC533A, CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A and CF210AB00MNMKLC0, 9088000727, 9088000735, B00APXK6SI, B00AIQ2AFY, B00BEVUPO0
SpainCC530A, CC531A, CC532A, CC533A, CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A, CF210A, CF211A and CF213AB00MMKEGQU, 9088000360, 9088000387, 9088000727, 9088000735, 9088000743, B00APXK6SI, 8182149290, B00AIQ2AFY, B00BEVUPO0, 9088000751

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.