The OEM requested the removal of toner cartridges offered by Toner Bee from Amazon Australia, by PXYUS from Amazon Canada and by Buyur from Amazon UK.
Canon Inc. announced that it filed a Report Infringement Form with Amazon.com.au based on the alleged infringement of claim 28 of Canon’s Australian Patent Number AU2007205464 regarding the cartridge models CF380X, CF381A, CF382A, CF383A, CE410A, CE411A, CE412A and CE413A offered by Toner Bee under ASINs(Amazon Standard Identification Numbers) B0785XGJWK and B0785YG1FQ.
After receipt of the Report Infringement Form, Amazon took down the respective products.
These products are compatible with the OEM HP cartridge models and provide a non-OEM housing and a non-OEM force receiving device according to claim 28 of AU2007205464.
Amazon informed the vendor about the take down and the vendor may object to it.
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 PXYUS.
Canon’s infringement report alleged that certain model CE320A, CE321A, CE322A, CE323A, CF380A, CF381A, CF382A, CF383A, CE410A, CE411A, CE412A, CE413A, CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A, CF210A, CF211A, CF212A and CF213A toner cartridges sold by PXYUS 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 Numbers B07WYHFKGD, B07WYJP3CH, B07WPJJYLD, B07WVJ3FH4, B07WYJKJ22, B07XQ16DVR, B07XQ55YHZ, B07XPMTHBP, B07XQ2CTKM, B07XQ2SSSF, B07WS6V6H9, B07XB5NJG8, B07XG5QNYR, B07XG3TSHG, B07XB5LXQS, B07XFCCFF4, B07XD8L6KK, B07XD8K7BX, B07XFC9V6N, B07XC5MJZM, B07XD8KH11, B07WYKMPN6, B07WXR1ZKR, B07WYJ7MJ6, B07WVJ5675, B07WYH44RJ, B07WXGJ8WL, B07WYD8BC9, B07WV6QC8V, B07WS3YCQT, B07WYC73J8 ,B07WP8FWC4,B07WV7LH3Q,B07WWB99S5 and B07WS3DGHZ.
At the time of this announcement, the above identified listings were no longer available on Amazon.ca.
In the UK, Canon filed 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 model CF382A offered by Buyur under the ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number) B01ALPOUNQ.
Afterwards, Amazon took down the respective product.
This product is compatible with the above OEM HP cartridge models CF382A and provides inter alia a non-OEM housing and a non-OEM force receiving device according to claim 1 of EP ‘289. Furthermore, it comprises an elastic portion according to claim 2 of EP ‘289.
Amazon informed the vendor about the takedown and the vendor may object to it.
