Canon Reports on Third-Party Printer Toner Cartridges Removed from eCommerce Platforms

Canon Inc. of Japan today announced that it’s successfully removed multiple listings of third-party toner cartridges for use in laser printers across different e-commerce platforms in the first half of 2025.

In this latest term, as part of its business strategies, Canon selected the patents listed in the table below from its patent portfolio and requested that listings deemed to infringe those patents be removed from the following e-commerce platforms.

E-Commerce PlatformEnforced Patents
Patent No.Non-exhaustive List of Countries/States where Patents Validly Exists
AmazonU.S. Patent No. 11,215,949U.S.A.
European Patent No. 3 809 207(*)

European Patent No. 3 470 931(**)

United Kingdom

Germany

France

Italy

The Netherlands

Spain

Sweden

Poland

Belgium

CoupangKorean Patent No. 10-2172796Korea
T-mallZL200880003520.0China

Canon says it remains committed to enforcing its patent rights against third-party toner cartridges that it finds, through detailed examination, to infringe on its patents.

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