India Printer/MFP Shipments Slow, but Inkjet Sees Gains
Despite a slowdown in demand, inkjet-printer shipments grew 5.6 percent year-over-year, led primarily by Epson.
Canon / Epson / HP / Inkjet / Market Reports & Forecasts / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 28, 2019 · Last modified June 6, 2019
Despite a slowdown in demand, inkjet-printer shipments grew 5.6 percent year-over-year, led primarily by Epson.
Amazon / Canon / Legal Proceedings / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 23, 2019 · Last modified June 6, 2019
Aside from announcing it would appeal the U.S. International Trade Commission’s affirmation of non patent infringement, Canon also announced various activities related to removing non-Canon toner cartridges and supplies from the marketplace.
Canon / Epson / HP / Inkjet / Kyocera / Market Reports & Forecasts
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 23, 2019 · Last modified June 6, 2019
The brightest spot for the quarter was the year-over-year expansion of color inkjet MFPs in the 11-20 ppm range, which grew 4.7 percent to more than 6.2 million units shipped.
Canon / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 22, 2019 · Last modified May 30, 2019
The legal battle continues between Canon, Ninestar, Static Control, and some other makers of non-OEM toner cartridges and supplies.
Canon / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 21, 2019 · Last modified May 30, 2019
Last month, Canon had filed a petition to reverse a key ruling issued by the ITC in March 2019 that non-OEM toner cartridges designed for use in HP laser printers and sold by three companies, Aster, Ninestar, and Print-Rite, did not infringe on Canon patents.
Canon / Imaging Supplies / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 14, 2019 · Last modified May 20, 2019
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, announced today that it filed requests with Amazon seeking to remove third-party toner cartridges from......
Canon / Imaging Supplies / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 7, 2019 · Last modified May 20, 2019
In March 2018, the ITC announced that it was initiating a patent-infringement investigation on behalf of Canon Inc. against a number of sellers of after-market third-party toner cartridges.
Canon / HP / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 3, 2019 · Last modified May 14, 2019
Last week, we reported how the California-based division of third-party toner-maker Aster Graphics filed a defamation lawsuit against Steven Giannetta and several un-named persons.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 30, 2019 · Last modified May 14, 2019
Just in time for Small Business Week, which runs from May 5 to 11, Canon U.S.A. has launched new Color imageCLASS MFPs for small and mid-size businesses.
Amazon / Canon / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 25, 2019 · Last modified May 6, 2019
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, today announced that the decision of the Moscow Arbitration Court was upheld by the Ninth......
Canon projects full-year 2019 consolidated net sales of 3,850.0 billion yen, a
year-over-year decline of 2.6 percent.
Canon / Imaging Supplies / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 15, 2019 · Last modified May 20, 2019
In its continuing quest to eliminate unauthorized third-party toner cartridges for sale on Amazon, on April 12th, Canon Inc. of......
Canon / Commercial & Production Printing
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 9, 2019 · Last modified May 20, 2019
Canon U.S.A. also announced today that it’s expanding the PRISMAsync Print Server Family by introducing the PRISMAsync Print Server V7 and PRISMAsync Print Server LP.
Amazon / Canon / HP / Imaging Supplies / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 5, 2019 · Last modified April 30, 2019
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, continued its strategy of seeking to remove third-party toner cartridges designed for use with Canon......
Canon / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 4, 2019 · Last modified April 30, 2019
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, today announced it’s concluded a patent infringement lawsuit against FTrade Inc., which does business under......
Canon / Featured Posts / Mobile Print/Scan / Mopria / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 3, 2019
By adding “share to print” support for Microsoft Office documents, Mopria Print Service enables enterprise users to print high quality files without having to install large productivity apps on mobile devices.
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