Canon maintains the Amazon removals onslaught

January 31, 2020

The OEM requests more removals on Amazon and takes stock on removal results in fourth quarter of 2019.

Canon Inc. announced that it filed Report Infringement Forms with Amazon.de, Amazon.it and Amazon.es based on the alleged use of claims 1 and 2 of the Germany, Italian and Spanish portions of Canon’s European Patent EP 1 977 289 (“EP ‘289”) regarding certain models of toner cartridges offered by taiyuan junbosi shangmaoyouxiangongsi under the following ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers).

Afterwards, Amazon took down the respective products.

These products are compatible with the OEM HP cartridge models and provide among other things 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.

Also announced was the filing of an infringement report with Amazon.com seeking removal of Amazon.com listings for individual toner cartridges sold by ZTTSHOP for use in HP laser beam printers.

Canon’s infringement report alleged that certain model 126A toner cartridges sold by ZTTSHOP via Amazon.com infringed Canon’s U.S. Patent No. 8,688,008. Canon requested that Amazon remove ZTTSHOP’s listings for those products, namely, ZTTSHOP’s listings with Amazon Standard Identification Numbers (“ASINs”) B07ZPLWXZK, B07ZPJLV3C, B07ZPL7MZK, B07ZPL5VFL and B07ZPLF8C9.

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

Canon furthermore filed an infringement report with Amazon.com seeking removal of Amazon.com listings for specific toner cartridges sold by Smart Print Supplies for use in HP laser beam printers.

Canon’s infringement report alleged that certain model CF210X, CF211A, CF212A, and CF213A toner cartridges sold by Smart Print Supplies via Amazon.com infringed Canon’s U.S. Patent No. 8,588,646. Canon requested that Amazon remove Smart Print Supplies’ listings for those products, namely, Smart Print Supplies’ listings with Amazon Standard Identification Numbers (“ASINs”) B078SKQ8LS, B078K693KL, B078SK629S, B078JVDYKX,B078SL73J7, B078K7566R, B078JYVKH5, B07BND8NNJ, B078SLYCHS, B078SLPZ9R, B078SK3FM4, B078SLN87X, B078SMGSTT, B078SMBVDB, B078JYSTG3, B078SLGD2C, B078SLGCX7, B078SKK2DS, B078SKPZ3S, B078SKNNZ7, B078SL81B5, B078SLRS1R, B078SLFZXB and B078SLZ3NB.

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

In the fourth quarter of 2019, Canon has used Amazon takedown procedures to report infringement based on 647 listings, all of which now have been removed from Amazon in Canada and the United States of America.

Since June 2018, the total number of listings removed is 1169. The listings offered third-party laser toner cartridges from vendors which Canon believes infringed one or more of U.S. Patent No. 8,280,278, U.S. Patent No. 8,630,564, U.S. Patent No. 8,682,215, U.S. Patent No. 8,688,008, U.S. Patent No. 8,676,090, U.S. Patent No. 8,588,646, U.S. Pat. No. 9,581,958, Canadian Patent No. 2,635,791 and Canadian Patent No. 2,910,527.

Canon has used the Amazon Reporting Tool and/or letters of inquiry to successfully remove 80 listings from Amazon in Australia.

Since September 2019, the total number of listings removed is 88. The listings offered third-party laser toner cartridges which Canon believes infringed one or more of Australian Patent Nos. 2014208277 and 2007205464.

For Europe, in the fourth quarter of 2019, Canon has used the Amazon Reporting Tool, letters of inquiry, and/or information letters to successfully remove 243 listings from Amazon in Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, France and Turkey.

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

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