Announcement

November 10, 2020
Canon Inc.

Canon requests removal of toner cartridges offered by LOSMANN GMBH via Amazon

TOKYO, November 10, 2020—Canon today announced that it filed Report Infringement Forms with Amazon.de and Amazon.it based on the alleged use of claims 1 and 2 of the German and Italian portion of Canon's European Patent EP 1 977 289 ("EP '289") regarding certain models of toner cartridges offered by LOSMANN GMBH under the following ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers).

CountryCartridge modelASIN
GermanyCC530A, CC531A, CC532A, CC533A, CE410X, CE411A, CE412A and CE413AB07VBN3XQ2
ItalyCC530A, CC531A, CC532A, CC533A, CE410X, CE411A, CE412A and CE413A B07VBN3XQ2

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.