News Release

Canon's infringement reports lead to the removal of 127 listings from Amazon in Canada, Mexico and the United States of America

TOKYO, October 31, 2023—Canon Inc. today announced that in the third quarter of 2023, it has used the Amazon reporting tool^* to report infringement based on 127 listings^**, all of which have now been removed from Amazon in Canada, Mexico and the United States of America. Since June 2018, the total number of listings removed from Amazon in Canada, Mexico and the United States of America is 3,902^**. The listings offered third-party laser printer toner cartridges from vendors that Canon believes infringed one or more of U.S. Patent No. 8,280,278, U.S. Patent No. 8,630,564, U.S. Patent No. 8,682,215, U.S. Patent No. 8,688,008, U.S. Patent No. 8,676,090, U.S. Patent No. 8,588,646, U.S. Patent No. 9,581,958, U.S. Patent No.11,169,483, U.S. Patent No.11,156,954, U.S. Pat. No. 11,199,807, U.S. Pat. No. 11,314,199, Canadian Patent No. 2,635,791, Canadian Patent No. 2,910,527, Mexican Patent No. 308881 and Mexican Patent No. 317598.

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

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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.