Amazon Removes Toner Cartridges at Canon Request
On January 14th, Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, announced that Amazon had removed a number of unauthorized, third-party toner cartridges from its ecommerce website.
XIANSHIBEILINQUJINGLINGBAIHUODIAN
Canon filed Report Infringement Forms with Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.it and Amazon.es based on the alleged use of claims 1 and 2 of the German, UK, Italian and Spanish portions of Canon’s European Patent EP 1 977 289 (“EP ‘289”) regarding certain models of toner cartridges offered by XIANSHIBEILINQUJINGLINGBAIHUODIAN under the following ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers).
| Country | Cartridge model | ASIN |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | CE410A, CE411A, CE412A, CE413A, CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A | B087Q4CWCD, B08C9RCB1G, B08C9N7B7W, B08C766YJG, B08C6XQ2QH, B089XW1NQZ, B087P44N97, B087NRTSBD, B0878GWN7V, B0876WP428, B087QXDJ4C, B087QWYM58, B087Q5T8CC, B087PDBXDQ, B0876WWHRS, B0876W9ZR5, B087Q5241Y, B088QVLDWD, B087Q43399, B087Q3HNXF, B088QWDZWK, B087Q5DVRS, B087Q67HQJ, B087Q5FBZ7, B087Q5J4ZM, B087Q5118X, B087Q4DSQR, B087Q3KJK9, B087Q4K3ZF, B087Q5NST3, B087Q6J68M, B087Q4MMQ8, B087Q5FQYC, B087Q45P6X, B087Q468VM, B087Q5T9L1, B087Q5L2B9, B087Q4QDBZ, B087Q5KHY9, B087Q4P674, B08C9BHL26, B088QV6YXF, B088QVW93Z, B088QW31JP, B088QWBP7B |
| UK | CE410A, CE411A, CE412A, CE413A | B08C766YJG, B08C6XQ2QH, B089XW1NQZ, B087P44N97, B087NRTSBD, B0878GWN7V, B0876WP428, B087Q5241Y, B088QVLDWD, B087Q43399, B087Q3HNXF, B087Q4DSQR, B087Q3KJK9, B087Q4K3ZF, B087Q4MMQ8, B087Q45P6X, B087Q468VM, B087Q4QDBZ, B087Q4P674 |
| Italy | CE410A, CE411A, CE412A, CE413A | B08C766YJG, B08C6XQ2QH, B089XW1NQZ, B087P44N97, B087NRTSBD, B0878GWN7V, B0876WP428, B087Q5241Y, B088QVLDWD, B087Q43399, B087Q3HNXF, B087Q4DSQR, B087Q3KJK9, B087Q4K3ZF, B087Q4MMQ8, B087Q45P6X, B087Q468VM, B087Q4QDBZ, B087Q4P674 |
| Spain | CE410A, CE411A, CE412A, CE413A, | B08C766YJG, B08C6XQ2QH, B089XW1NQZ, B087P44N97, B087NRTSBD, B0878GWN7V, B0876WP428, B087Q5241Y, B088QVLDWD, B087Q43399, B087Q4K3ZF, B087Q4MMQ8, B087Q45P6X, B087Q468VM, B087Q4QDBZ, B087Q4P674 |
Afterwards, Amazon took down the respective products. These products are compatible with the HP toner-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.
FELIXMANIA S.L
Canon filed Report Infringement Forms with Amazon ES based on the alleged use of claims 1 and 2 of the Spanish portion of Canon’s European Patent EP 1 977 289 (“EP ‘289”) regarding the cartridge models CF380X, CC530A, CF210X and CE320A offered by FELIXMANIA S.L under the ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers) B017KUILLM, B016QMWQ48, B01700HE2Y and B016RYWXES.
Afterwards, Amazon took down the toner cartridges. These products are compatible with the 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.
HBOYY
Canon announced it filed an infringement report with Amazon.ca seeking the removal of an Amazon.ca listing for certain toner cartridges sold by HBOYY.
Canon’s infringement report alleged that certain model CB540A, CB541A, CB542A and CB543A toner cartridges sold by HBOYY via Amazon.ca infringed on Canon’s Canadian Patent no. 2,635,791. Canon requested the removal of the corresponding listings for these products, having Amazon Standard Identification Numbers B083F8ZVV3, B0832QBJXQ, B083WG76XH, B083R8WKTS, B083P4K7QF, B083NT8TC, B083NH7K4C, B083HC2STM, B0833V1SH6, B0833TSTQB, B0833TMHRN, B0833TY1WH, B0833VLY5N and B083H6XL21.
At the time of this announcement, these toner cartridges were no longer available on Amazon.ca.
Canon noted in all cases that 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 vendors about the take-downs and the vendor may object to it.
More Resources
- January 2021: Amazon Takes Down More Toner Cartridges at Canon’s Requests
- anuary 2021: Canon Announces Patent-Infringement Settlement with Ninestar
- December 2020: New Amazon Toner Take-Downs for Canon
- December 2020: Canon Obtains More Amazon Toner Take-Downs
- December 2020: Canon Racks up More Amazon Toner-Takedowns
- ecember 2020: Canadian Authorities Help Canon Intercept Counterfeit Toner Cartridges
- November 2020: Canon Adds More Amazon Toner-Cartridge Take-Downs
- November 2020: Canon Obtains New Amazon Toner-Cartridge Take-Downs