Announcement

Canon's activities lead to the removal of 4,135 listings from Amazon in Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands and Turkey

TOKYO, April 27, 2021—Canon Inc. today announced that in the first quarter of 2021, it has used the Amazon Reporting Tool^*, letters of inquiry and/or information letters to successfully remove 4,135 listings^** from Amazon in Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands and Turkey. Since June 2018, the total number of listings removed from Amazon in Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands and Turkey is 16,097^**. The listings offered third-party laser toner cartridges from vendors which Canon believes infringed one or more of European Patent No. 2 087 407, European Patent EP 2 137 577 and European Patent No. 1 977 289.

Canon respects the intellectual property rights of others and will continue to enforce its own intellectual property rights.

• *The "Amazon Reporting Tool" is a service offered by Amazon and does not encompass any official finding of validity or infringement of a patent. Canon appreciates the support of Amazon in protecting its intellectual property.
• **The number of removed listings is the sum of the number of removed listings in each country.