The OEM requested removal of toner cartridges offered by AMZIC LTD from Amazon.co.uk.
Canon Inc. announced the filing of Report Infringement Forms with Amazon UK based on the alleged use of claims 1 and 2 of the UK portion of Canon’s European Patent EP 1 977 289 (“EP ‘289”) regarding the cartridge models “CE320A,” “CE321A,” “CE322A” and “CE323A” offered by AMZIC LTD under the ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers) B00ATL31UG, B00ATD3JH4, B07KX3GTYY, B07KX24QRV, B07KX1TTMN, B07KX25C63 and B07KX2T8KD.
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.
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 vendor about the takedown and the vendor may object to it.
