Announcement

May 11, 2021
Canon Inc.

Canon requests removal of toner cartridges offered by SOS PROMOTING DI ANASTASIO GIANFRANCO from Amazon.it

TOKYO, May 11, 2021—Canon Inc. today announced the filing of a Report Infringement Form with Amazon Italy based on the alleged use of claim 1 and 25 of the Italian portion of Canon's European Patent EP 2 087 407 regarding the cartridge model "CE505X" offered by SOS PROMOTING DI ANASTASIO GIANFRANCO under the ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers) B004V5AYJ2, B078J539K6 and B01DT2MESG.

Afterwards, Amazon took down the respective products. These products are compatible with the OEM HP cartridge model CE505X and provide inter alia a non-OEM coupling member, a non-OEM drum as well as a non-OEM housing.

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.