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Amazon / Canon / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 27, 2019 · Last modified April 18, 2019
This week in Canon Inc.’s continuing battle against third-party toner cartridges designed for use in HP laser printers, it announced a new patent-infringement lawsuit, as well as new injunctions and new Amazon cartridge take-downs.
HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 25, 2019 · Last modified May 6, 2019
Counterfeit cartridges are fraudulently labeled to appear to be the HP brand, but in fact are not. Remanufactured, refilled, or new-built cartridges are not fraudulently labeled. However, all of these non-OEM cartridges may infringe on intellectual-property rights and patents.
Epson / HP / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 20, 2019 · Last modified April 18, 2019
In a move sure to warm the hearts of HP Inc. and Epson, Katun has announced that it is now selling aftermarket inkjet cartridges for use with business-inkjet printers.
Canon / Imaging Supplies / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 19, 2019 · Last modified March 26, 2019
Fresh off a key patent-infringement defeat at the hands of the U.S. International Trade Commission, Canon requested Amazon to remove multiple aftermarket toner cartridges from its Web site.
Canon / Imaging Supplies / Lexmark / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 18, 2019 · Last modified March 26, 2019
“We respect (the) IP rights of others and we also request ours to be respected.”
Canon / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 15, 2019 · Last modified April 18, 2019
Court ruling is a blow for Canon, as USITC rules against it.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 7, 2019 · Last modified March 18, 2019
“Our stance from the very beginning of this was that our solution, marketed as SafeDrive, was just that – safe.”
Amazon / Canon / Imaging Supplies / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 4, 2019 · Last modified March 18, 2019
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, today reported that it’s requested Amazon to remove three third-party toner cartridges listed for sale......
Amazon / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 1, 2019 · Last modified March 26, 2019
The issue of counterfeit products for sale on the Amazon ecommerce site has long been a problem, and in response,...
Imaging Supplies / News / OKI
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 12, 2019 · Last modified February 26, 2019
This month, Oki Europe launched of a maintenance and automatic consumables-supply service, “Smart Managed Page Services,” which it’s added to its “Shinrai” partner program.
Canon / Imaging Supplies / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 12, 2019
Continuing its legal campaign around the world against sellers of third-party manufactured toner cartridges, in the last several days, Canon......
Canon / Featured Posts / Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 5, 2019
Currently, customers can only enroll in the program at the time they purchase their printer. However, Canon says it’s working to update the program, presumably to include more options.
Imaging Supplies / Inkjet / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 30, 2019 · Last modified February 6, 2019
According to Print21, third-party after-market toner suppliers have captured 33 percent of monochrome toner shipments worldwide, and about 25 percent...
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 30, 2019 · Last modified February 6, 2019
In response to recent testing in Europe of third-party toner cartridges that revealed the presence of the toxin DecaBDE in...
Amazon / Canon / Epson / HP / Imaging Supplies / News / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 25, 2019 · Last modified February 6, 2019
It seems like just yesterday, but only a few years ago, the idea of controlling a copier or printer via voice command seemed pretty far-fetched.
Amazon / Canon / Imaging Supplies / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 22, 2019 · Last modified February 6, 2019
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, today announced that it filed three infringement reports with Amazon.com seeking removal of Amazon.com listings......
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