TOKYO, October 1—Canon Inc. and Lucky Suppliers Handels GmbH, doing business as "Lucky Suppliers" and "Koala & Co", as well as its managing directors, agreed to resolve their pending patent dispute by signing a settlement agreement. Lucky Suppliers Handels GmbH inter alia accepted a preliminary injunction (docket no. 4a O 88/19) of the District Court Düsseldorf based on the infringement of the German portion of Canon's European Patent EP 1 977 289 B1 as final and binding between the parties. The matter at issue concerns the offering and distribution of certain laser toner cartridges including a developing unit moveable relative to the drum unit when receiving force via a force receiving device through www.amazon.de. Furthermore, Lucky Suppliers Handels GmbH and its managing directors have agreed to refrain from making, offering, putting into circulation and/or importing and/or possessing laser toner cartridges that infringe claim 1 and 2 of EP '289 in all countries where EP '289 is valid and in force. Additionally, Lucky Suppliers Handels GmbH as well as its managing directors have agreed to pay damages for past infringement to Canon. Further details of the settlement agreement are confidential.
