The OEM requested the removal of toner cartridges offered by Litpol Ltd from Amazon Spain, by XIANSHIBEILINQUHUAHUAHUASHANGMAOBU via Amazon Germany, UK, Italy and Spain and by NES Printer Supplies & Services from Amazon Australia.
Canon Inc. announced the filing of Report Infringement Forms with Amazon ES based on the alleged use of claims 1 and 2 of the Spanish portion of Canon’s European Patent EP 1 977 289 (“EP ‘289”) regarding the cartridge models CC530A, CC531A, CC532A, CC533A, CB540A, CB541A, CB542A and CB543A offered by Litpol Ltd under the ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers) B07RL4N4Z4 and B07RL4MXR1.
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 that it filed Report Infringement Forms with Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.it and Amazon.es based on the alleged use of claims 1 and 2 of the German, UK, Italian and Spanish portions of Canon’s European Patent EP 1 977 289 (“EP ‘289”) regarding certain models of toner cartridges offered by XIANSHIBEILINQUHUAHUAHUASHANGMAOBU under the following ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers).
| Country | Cartridge model | ASIN |
| Germany | CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A, CF210A, CF211A, CF212A, CF213A, CE410A, CE411A, CE412A , CE413A, CC530A, CC531A, CC532A, CC533A | B082DTFPL8, B089LNPW9G, B084R8DZBP, B082F1H1KN, B082F16LP1, B082DTNDL1, B089LY3XPS, B084RBGKYR, B084R7WF1V, B082DZZWG7, B084R76NNL, B082F1P2XC, B082DT86X8, B089LMG71H, B089SCXP1S, B084RPLFZ8, B082LNGVSJ, B082DYX2RD, B082F1G56B, B084RGR5SW, B082F1SKGH, B084RN6TB1, B082DZY8GW, B085CDZF6T, B084RB5853, B082F1CVK7, B084RMP5ZH, B089SDHLT6, B082DZBW8L, B084RC7QBB, B085DNN8LH, B084SW1GMJ, B085CD9ZMF, B084ST5CMR, B082HTVXFB, B089SDBXNZ, B082F1Q1LK, B084RFFNS3, B085CD5DKK, B084SSPL5C, B082HVBLZH, B089SCPMMY, B082F1DDCD, B084RDMSPY, B085DQGJXY, B085CDBKDF, B084SSXT4Z, B082HV8F99, B089SDLHTZ, B082DZZ3W7, B084RR67PJ, B085CDFZN6, B084SNNVKR, B082HV9MPW, B089SF8PL3, B082F1GWWQ, B084R7QYJT, B0829HF2X7, B085DF4V4B, B084ST7K7X, B085CDHR6F, B082HV6FG4, B082F1KCPW, B0873762SH, B08737BZGG |
| UK | CF211A | B084RN6TB1 |
| Italy | CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A, CF210A, CF211A, CF212A, CF213A, CE410A, CE411A, CE412A, CE413A | B0873791QV, B08736VXJV, B087378X2Y, B087371KTT, B08736SZCD, B089SDPRBT, B084RN6TB1, B0829H89HW, B085DJ6WFD, B084SVPSD4, B0829J399C, B084SF896T, B0829J399C, B0829HHZW7, B085DKQLXT, B084SQBLFB, B0829HHZW7, B089SDS595, B082LPZ51J, B089SD97CM, B0829JK2YT, B084RLH879, B089SFD3XJ, B0829HRQMF, B0829HNDG4, B084RJ828C, B089SDXFJJ, B0829J6CYN, B089SCV72P |
| Spain | CE410A, CE411A, CE412A, CE413A, CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A, CF211A, CC530A, CC531A, CC532A, CC533A | B089SDHLT6, B089SDB2P1, B0873791QV, B08736VXJV, B087378X2Y, B087371KTT, B084RN6TB1, B084R7MP6N |
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.
In Australia, Canon 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 certain models CF380X, CC530A, CE410X, CF381A, CC531A, CE411A, CF383A, CC533A and CE413A cartridges offered by NES Printer Supplies & Services under ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers) B07D3MZ4XP, B07D3M7FLN and B07D3M7PDW.
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.
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 vendors about the take down and the vendors may object to it.
