CIG promotes IP-cleared products

Clover Imaging Group stated that it ensures that its partners stay compliant and lawsuit?-free with Clover’s fully IP?-?cleared products.

Recently, Canon and Brother have joined other OEMs in aggressively protecting their intellectual property (IP) rights against the multitude of clone products. Canon forced Amazon to remove over a thousand Amazon Standard Identification Numbers (ASINs) that were linked to toners that infringed on its patents. Following suit, Brother has urged the US International Trade Commission to ban Chinese?-?made compatible cartridges that allegedly infringe on its toner cartridge technology.

Clover wants partners to know its remanufactured products are always 100 percent IP?-?cleared. In this legally charged environment, companies must perform due diligence on each and every partner whose products they represent, or their business could be at risk for lawsuits.

This is a complicated topic that has long?-?term repercussions for office equipment resellers. Litigation is expensive, time?-?consuming, and can negatively impact company reputation — regardless of whether or not a company wins.

Clover has addressed this issue to assist its partners in navigating this volatile topic. Clover said it takes the issue of patent rights seriously, investing large sums to protect its partners from this type of risk. Dedicated engineering, legal, and R&D teams ensure Clover remanufactured cartridges and the components they contain are rigorously analysed to ensure they’re IP?-?cleared.

Eric Martin, President of Clover Imaging Group, stated: “Clover is the manufacturer you can trust for legal, IP?-?cleared products. We employ a stringent patent clearance process that puts keeping our customers’ reputations safe and their risk minimised at the forefront of our operations.”

Clover stated that it currently holds 69 patents with 27 more pending. Its IP guarantee promises that all Clover imaging supplies are manufactured using non-infringing components. Clover is so confident in the integrity of its products that it guarantees resellers full indemnity against any OEM litigation.