Canon requests more removals of listings with Amazon

June 29, 2021

The OEM requested removal of toner cartridges offered by jinniuqu penpen riyongpin jingyingbu via Amazon Italy, Germany, Spain and UK, by KJM Online Enterprise from Amazon Canada and by FOXWOODS VENTURE INC from Amazon USA.

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

Country	Cartridge model	ASIN
Italy	CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A	B07XX2WJ2W
Germany	CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A	B07XX2WJ2W
Spain	CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A	B07XX2WJ2W
UK	CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A	B07XX2WJ2W

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.ca seeking the removal of an Amazon.ca listing for certain toner cartridges sold by KJM Online Enterprise.

Canon’s infringement report alleged that certain model CC530A, CC531A, CC532A and CC533A toner cartridges sold by KJM Online Enterprise via Amazon.ca infringed Canon’s Canadian Patent no. 2,635,791. Canon requested the removal of the corresponding listings for these products, having Amazon Standard Identification Number B01LY5ZSD5.

At the time of this announcement, the above-identified listings were no longer available on Amazon.ca.

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

Canon’s infringement report alleged that certain model CF210A, CF211A, CF212A, CF213A, CE410A, CE410X, CE411A, CE412A and CE413A toner cartridges sold by FOXWOODS VENTURE INC via Amazon.com infringed Canon’s U.S. Patent No. 8,588,646. Canon requested that Amazon remove FOXWOODS VENTURE INC’s listings for those products, namely, FOXWOODS VENTURE INC’s listings with Amazon Standard Identification Numbers (“ASINs”) B08V5842RP, B08NPMFPYM and B07W3TX4V6.

At the time of this announcement, the above-identified FOXWOODS VENTURE INC listings were no longer available on Amazon.com.

Filing a Report Infringement Form with Amazon is a service offered by Amazon and doesn’t 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.