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Canon Obtains More Amazon Toner Take-Downs

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Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, today announced that it had obtained new take-downs of third-party toner cartridges from the Amazon ecommerce website.

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Canon announced that it 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, U.K., Italian and Spanish portions of Canon’s European Patent EP 1 977 289 (“EP ‘289”) regarding certain models of toner cartridges offered by xianshi yanliangqu  canqiubaihuo dian shanghang ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers).

Country Cartridge model ASIN
Italy CE320A, CE321A, CE322A, CE323A, CC530A, CC531A, CC532A, CC533A, CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A, CE410A, CE412A, CE413A B0838GL1WL , B07Y7BRB9B, B07Y7C85CK, B07Y7CY76N, B07Y7CGLVL, B07Y7CJL2D, B07Y7C4PVK, B07Y7BXLFB, B07Y7BR67N, B07Y7BX64D, B07Y7C2F66, B07Y7BTZZZ, B07Y7C426L, B07Y7D2G5F, B07Y76PT7T, B07Y7CP8T5, B07Y7CCFY1, B07Y7BZY78, B07PRG8K4V, B07PP64BK9, B07PQBWRVR
Germany CE410A, CE411A, CE412A, CE413A, CF380A, CF380X, CF381A, CF382A, CF383A, CF210A, CF211A, CF212A, CF213A, CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A, CC530A, CC531A, CC532A, CC533A B07Y7DCBNC, B083BV1YG3, B083BSRZ5X, B07Y7C6QF9, B07Y5GKVGD, B081XC77XS, B07Y7CF8RZ, B07ZV34DMK, B07Y7BMTZY, B081X39HPW, B07Y7CM5BQ, B07Y7BVNZZ, B07ZV25MHS, B07Y7C6NTJ, B081X4NWZV, B07Y7BZJ7B, B07Y7CQFPC, B07ZV2V1T3, B07Y7C26VC, B081WW66FR, B07Y7C1PC5, B07Y7D2245, B07ZV26PHS, B07Y7DC2Z4, B07Y7BZYHH, B07Y7BX64H, B07Y7CBBJR, B07Y7DRQ6K, B07Y7D16NB, B07Y7C4PVH, B07Y7D4157, B08342QH9B, B07R2FMWN4, B07R1W41JP, B07R3TWZGX, B07QXY69HJ, B07YV6JYFL, B081X6PT9R, B07R3T9YGH, B07R2NC78Q, B07R18YJB9, B07QXZMR1, B07R157MT7, B07YV6QRVP, B081X8F8DX, B07R3C5574, B07R18C1FY, B07QZR51YB, B07R15941Q, B07YV6FBTY, B081X6M3W9, B07R3T6QZQ, B07R3H5DV6, B07QVKHHX5, B07QXZ6H6C, B07QXJR8D4, B07YV6Z819, B081WXTF7C, B07R3FGFCR, B07R3C4XKX, B07PQBD85W, B07PQB6CSX, B07NJ14XVV, B07PQBFBD5 , B07Y7BRB9B, B07Y7D2868, B07Y7C8XRY, B07Y7BZFKX, B07Y7CTDY7, B07Y7CBBJL, B07Y7C85CK, B08332MS15, B083NVRLH6, B07R3YNBY4, B083NW9RSS, B07QXJRT2L, B083NVQJST, B081ZSRLF7, B081WVB4MG, B07ZRNT75Q, B07R3HKVC3, B07QXJP1DS, B081ZS8HCS, B081WT447N, B07ZRPSN62, B07R3XG61F, B07QXJR8SY, B081ZT3PNB, B081XDDTZY, B07ZRQY1D7, B07R3HYPMS, B07QZR5D2M, B081ZSQKK5, B081WY8ZDL, B07ZRNR3TV, B07R3VCV9S, B07QXJQSGL
Spain CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A, CC530A, CC531A, CC532A, CC533A, CE410A, CE411A, CE412A, CE413A B07PQB4FWW, B07Y7BRB9B, B07Y7C85CK, B07PQCK6D6, B07Y7D7KC7

Afterwards, Amazon took down the respective products. These products are compatible with the OEM 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.

Mal-ll

Canon announced that it had filed an infringement report with Amazon.ca seeking the removal of an Amazon.ca listing for certain toner cartridges sold by Mal-ll.

Canon’s infringement report alleged that certain model CE320A, CE321A, CE322A and CE323A toner cartridges sold by Mal-ll 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 B07TYF9PGT, B07TZK37WZ, B07TYFB1TW, B07V1FB5C3 and B07TZK1Y3C.

At the time of this announcement, the toner cartridges were no longer available on Amazon.ca.

AMTONER

Canon announced that it had filed an infringement report with Amazon.com seeking the removal of Amazon.com listing for certain toner cartridges sold by AMTONER for use in HP laser printers.

Canon’s infringement report alleged that certain model CE410A, CE410X, CE411A, CE412A and CE413A toner cartridges sold by AMTONER via Amazon.com infringed on Canon’s U.S. Patent No. 8,588,646. Canon requested that Amazon remove AMTONER’s listing for those products, namely, AMTONER’s listing with Amazon Standard Identification Number (“ASIN”) B07VC6ZJK4.

At the time of this announcement, the above-identified AMTONER listing was no longer available on Amazon.com.

Canon noted 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 vendors may object to it.

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