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Canon's activities lead to the removal of 1,202 listings from Amazon in Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, France and The Netherlands

TOKYO, February 1, 2023—Canon Inc. today announced that in the fourth quarter of 2022, it has used the Amazon Reporting Tool^*, letters of inquiry and/or information letters to successfully remove 1,202 listings^** from Amazon in Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, France and The Netherlands. Since June 2018, the total number of listings removed from Amazon in Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, France and The Netherlands is 30,263^**. The listings offered third-party laser toner cartridges from vendors that Canon believes infringed one or more of European Patent No. 2 087 407, European Patent No. 2 137 577, European Patent No. 1 977 289, European Patent No. 3 470 931 and European Patent No. 3 270 230.

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

Country	Number of removed listings
Germany	234
Italy	217
Spain	214
United Kingdom	227
France	233
The Netherlands	77

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  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.

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  The number of removed listings is the sum of the number of removed listings in each country.