Canon Reports on Third-Quarter Alternative Toner-Cartridge Removals
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, today announced that in the third quarter of 2021, it used the Amazon Reporting Tool, letters of inquiry and/or information letters to successfully remove 3,294 alternative toner-cartridge listings from Amazon in Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands, and Turkey. The third-party, alternative toner cartridges are designed for use with Canon and HP Inc. laser printers.
Since June 2018, the total number of alternative toner-cartridge listings removed from Amazon in Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands, and Turkey is 24,082. The listings offered third-party laser toner cartridges from vendors which Canon believes infringed one or more of European Patent No. 2 087 407, European Patent EP 2 137 577, and European Patent No. 1 977 289.
| Country | Number of removed listings |
|---|---|
| Germany | 543 |
| Italy | 612 |
| Spain | 603 |
| United Kingdom | 417 |
| France | 744 |
| The Netherlands | 373 |
| Turkey | 2 |
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