Amazon Takes Down More Toner Cartridges from U.S. Website
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, is continuing its campaign to have third-party toner cartridges that it says infringe on its patents removed from the Amazon ecommerce website.
Amazon / Canon / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 11, 2019 · Last modified June 17, 2019
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, is continuing its campaign to have third-party toner cartridges that it says infringe on its patents removed from the Amazon ecommerce website.
Amazon / Canon / Imaging Supplies / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 6, 2019 · Last modified June 17, 2019
Canon Inc of Tokyo, Japan, reported today that it’s petitioned Amazon to remove various third-party toner cartridges from its e-commerce......
Canon / Imaging Supplies / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 5, 2019 · Last modified June 13, 2019
On June 4th, Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, reported on a number of its actions in Italy regarding third-party toner......
Canon / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 31, 2019 · Last modified June 13, 2019
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, reported today that it’s appealed the U.S. International Trade Commission’s final determination terminating Investigation No. 337-TA-1106,......
Earlier this month, we reported on how Ricoh Company announced that it’s shifting some of its copier/MFP production from its...
Canon / Legal Proceedings / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 30, 2019 · Last modified June 13, 2019
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, announced that it had filed three Amazon requests to remove unauthorized third-party toner supplies from......
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.
Last week, we discussed the United States’ latest imposition of tariffs on Chinese-made goods imported into the United States. This...
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.
Ricoh, for its part, announced this week that it will move some of its printer and MFP production out of China and into Thailand in order to evade U.S. tariffs.
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.
While we often hear about the many user frustrations associated with office printers, this week we’d like to give a...
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