The OEM requests removal of toner cartridge offered by StarTech Office Supplies and KJM Online Enterprise from Amazon Canada and by xianshi yanliangqu canqiubaihuodianshanghang via Amazon Germany.
Canon Inc. announced the filing of an infringement report with Amazon.ca seeking the removal of an Amazon.ca listing for certain toner cartridges sold by StarTech Office Supplies.
Canon’s infringement report alleged that certain model CB540A, CB541A, CB542A, CB543A, CE320A, CE321A, CE322A and CE323A toner cartridges sold by StarTech Office Supplies 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 B07F6ZW3R9, B07HC7NFSZ, B01FVJJ3I4, B07N783FBP, B01FVOYAYG, B06VVGQP9T, B07M5T5HCD and B07PQC115W.
The OEM 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 CE320A, CE321A, CE322A, CE323A, CF380X, CF381A, CF382A and CF383A 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 Numbers B01LY5ZTE7 and B01LYSX7YT.
At the time of this announcement, the above identified listings were no longer available on Amazon.ca.
In Germany, Canon 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 xianshi yanliangqu canqiubaihuodianshanghang under the following ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers) B07R3G88D6.
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.
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.
