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Canon continues with Amazon takedowns

December 10, 2020

The OEM requested removals of toner cartridges offered by YulinshiHengshanquQimingEryuandian via Amazon Germany, UK, Italy and Spain, by FUTURE COLOR SA DE CV from Amazon Mexico and by Hainberger from Amazon Germany.

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, UK, Italian and Spanish portion of Canon’s European Patent EP 1 977 289 (“EP ‘289”) regarding certain models of toner cartridges offered by YulinshiHengshanquQimingEryuandian under the following ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers).

 

Country Cartridge model ASIN
Germany CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A, CC530A, CC531A, CC532A, CC533A B07Y3B4P98, B0823RNVGR, B08112C7J4, B07XPNCS1T, B0823S98PB, B08111VK1H, B07XJTC3JK, B0823RH9QY, B0811BTYFL, B07XKZD3MW, B0823RG7Y9, B08119Q8HM, B07XJTQ7TF, B0823RQV9Q, B0811B661F, B07XKZ613X, B07ZWJ3L1D, B08228J2D2, B07XQ222S3, B07ZWDDZXB, B07XPTCX1R, B08228PVTQ, B07XQCN1CS, B08228RQD4, B07ZWFLMG7, B07ZWMQ4YD, B07XPVBTSP, B08228M2Y6, B07ZWJZVSJ, B0822865FL, B07XKY8DG4
UK CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A B07Y3B4P98
Italy CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A B07Y3B4P98
Spain CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A B07Y3B4P98

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.

Canon also announced the filing of an infringement report with Amazon.mx seeking the removal of Amazon.mx listings for certain toner cartridges sold by FUTURE COLOR SA DE CV for use in HP laser beam printers.

Canon’s infringement report alleged that claim 160 of Mexican Patent Number 308881 was infringed by certain model CE505A toner cartridges offered by FUTURE COLOR SA DE CV under the Amazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN) B07JMNCLKP.

After receiving Canon’s Report Infringement Form, Amazon removed the respective products, and at the time of this announcement, the above-identified listings of FUTURE COLOR SA DE CV were no longer available on Amazon.mx.

In Germany, Canon requests filed Report Infringement Forms with Amazon.de based on the alleged use of claims 1 and 2 of the German portion of Canon’s European Patent EP 1 977 289 (“EP ‘289”) regarding the cartridge models CE410X, CE411A, CE412A, CE413A, CE320A, CE321A, CE322A and CE323A offered by Hainberger under the ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers) B00DOYSD80, B00MPOKUZ4 and B00MPQF8B8.

Afterwards, Amazon took down the respective products.

These products are compatible with model CE320A, CE321A, CE322A and CE323A toner cartridges 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.

Filing a Report Infringement Form with Amazon is a service offered by Amazon and does not 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 takedown and the vendors may object to it.

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