The OEM requested removal of toner cartridges offered by Handelsagentur Silhan GmbH via Amazon Germany, by INK XPERTS LTD from Amazon UK and Felix Dupont from Amazon Canada.
Canon announced that it filed Report Infringement Forms with Amazon.de based on the alleged use of claims 1 of the German portion of Canon’s European Patent EP 2 137 577 (“EP ‘577”) regarding certain models of toner cartridges CF350A, CF351A, CF352A and CF353A offered by Handelsagentur Silhan GmbH under the following ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers) B00LIUA50G.
Afterwards, Amazon took down the respective products.
These products are compatible with the respective OEM HP cartridge models and provide inter alia a non-OEM housing, a non-OEM developing roller, as well as a non-OEM coupling member comprising a rotating force receiving portion and a rotating force transmitting portion according to claim 1 of EP ‘577.
Canon also 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 CF380X, CF381A, CF382A and CF383A offered by INK XPERTS LTD under the ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number) B07YZK69R3.
Afterwards, Amazon took down the respective products.
These products are compatible with the above OEM HP cartridge models CF380X, CF381A, CF382A and CF383A 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 Canada, Canon filed an infringement report with Amazon.ca seeking the removal of an Amazon.ca listing for certain toner cartridges sold by Felix Dupont.
Canon’s infringement report alleged that certain model CF210X, CF211X, CF212X, CF213X, CF210A, CF211A, CF212A and CF213A toner cartridges sold by Felix Dupont 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 B08C2CF1YF, B08C2PM9N4, B08C2QLL1F, B08C2RK7S7, B08C2N53RF, B08C2HWR8B, B08C2FJHWJ, B08C2981L4, B08C28TVWW, B08C27VGDX, B08C24LV2M, B08C2TFP4P, B08C2DTVG7, B08C26Y6CP, B08C26L4CQ, B08BZG3N6Z, B08BZDC7NL, B08BZCGW7L, B08BZC9KL2, B08BZBXLSH, B08BZHLSN2, B08BZHDMMG, B08BZHDBR8, B08BZGL6V8, B08BZGG26K, B08BZFZ1MJ, B08BZFVML5, B08BZFKJZT, B08BZF6C23, B08BZDQGLN, B08C55TT3M, B08BZD6L88, B08BZCWZYH, B08BZCQBVS, B08BZGD77Q, B08BZDZJPZ, B08BZDLC3Y, B08BZDS4ND, B08BZCXJWB, B08BZFG1VZ, B08BZF526D, B08BZDVKG8 and B08BZDFFV5.
At the time of this announcement, the above identified listings were no longer available on Amazon.ca.
Filing an infringement report with Amazon.ca is a service offered by Amazon and does not constitute an official finding of infringement. 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.
