Canon demands more Amazon listing removals

November 10, 2020

The Japanese OEM has announced they have requested the removal of toner cartridge listings from Amazon sites in Amazon Italy, Germany, Mexico and America.

Canon announced that it had filed Report Infringement Forms with Amazon.de and Amazon.it based on the alleged use of claims 1 and 2 of the German and Italian portion of Canon’s European Patent EP 1 977 289 (“EP ‘289”) regarding certain models of toner cartridges offered by LOSMANN GMBH under the following ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers).

Country	Cartridge model	ASIN
Germany	CC530A, CC531A, CC532A, CC533A, CE410X, CE411A, CE412A and CE413A	B07VBN3XQ2
Italy	CC530A, CC531A, CC532A, CC533A, CE410X, CE411A, CE412A and CE413A	B07VBN3XQ2

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 Amaze Brands for use in HP laser beam printers.

Canon’s infringement report alleged that claim 65 of Mexican Patent Number 317598 was infringed by certain models CB540A toner cartridge offered by Amaze Brands under the Amazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN) B07K8XVJXW.

After receiving Canon’s Report Infringement Form, Amazon removed the respective product, and at the time of this announcement, the above-identified listing of Amaze Brands was no longer available on Amazon.mx.

In the USA, Canon announced the filing of an infringement report with Amazon.com seeking the removal of Amazon.com listings for certain toner cartridges sold by Partsmart for use in HP laser beam printers.

Canon’s infringement report alleged that certain model CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A, CF380X, CF380A, CF381A, CF382A and CF383A toner cartridges sold by Partsmart via Amazon.com infringed Canon’s U.S. Patent No. 8,588,646. Canon requested that Amazon remove Partsmart’s listings for those products, namely, Partsmart’s listings with Amazon Standard Identification Numbers (“ASINs”) B0155MZNRM, B0155MZICW, B0155MZKQQ, B0155MZMJG, B0155MZJKI, B01GOQVNQ8, B01GOQVFWU, B01IW7DGZS, B01IW7CQWW, B01GOQVXKE, B01GOQVDF4, B01IW7DJJG, B01IW7DMZC and B01GOQVIBS.

At the time of this announcement, the above-identified Partsmart’s listings were no longer available on Amazon.com.