Canon Obtains Injunction, Amazon Toner Take-Down
The preliminary injunction is based on the infringement of the German portion of Canon’s European patent EP 2 087 407 relating to a drum unit and a process cartridge.
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 22, 2019 · Last modified February 27, 2019
The preliminary injunction is based on the infringement of the German portion of Canon’s European patent EP 2 087 407 relating to a drum unit and a process cartridge.
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 22, 2019 · Last modified March 26, 2019
According to IDC, the brightest spot for the quarter was HP’s positive year-over-year performance of 3.6 percent growth in unit shipments.
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 21, 2019 · Last modified February 27, 2019
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 21, 2019 · Last modified February 27, 2019
In its continuing global campaign to stop the sale of unauthorized toner cartridges designed for use with HP laser printers, Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, this week announced two key developments.
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 21, 2019 · Last modified March 26, 2019
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 21, 2019 · Last modified February 27, 2019
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 14, 2019 · Last modified March 18, 2019
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 14, 2019 · Last modified February 26, 2019
Canon notes that with the cost of data breaches rapidly increasing and more businesses being affected each year, it’s recognized the need to provide a security awareness resource geared toward helping customers mitigate risk.
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 14, 2019 · Last modified February 15, 2019
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a product recall for several discontinued Kyocera MFP models.
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