Ogawa Appointed President and COO of Canon U.S.A.
In 2008, Ogawa was named president and CEO of Canon Canada. Following that, he was named as an executive officer of Canon Inc. in 2011.
Canon / Executive Management / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 3, 2018 · Last modified April 10, 2018
In 2008, Ogawa was named president and CEO of Canon Canada. Following that, he was named as an executive officer of Canon Inc. in 2011.
Canon / HP / Konica Minolta / Lexmark / Managed Print & Document Services / Market Reports & Forecasts / Xerox
by Terry Wirth
by Terry Wirth · Published March 30, 2018 · Last modified April 4, 2018
The report valued the global managed print services market at $28.63 billion in 2016.
Amazon / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Featured Posts / Financial News / HP / Imaging Supplies / News / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 29, 2018
At first it seemed the acquisition of IKON would only be a boon for Ricoh. After all, IKON was said to be the world’s largest independent provider of copier/MFPs, printers, and related services, with over 400 offices in North America and Western Europe, regional sales and service training facilities, a roster of Fortune 500 customers, and revenues of $4,167 million for its fiscal year before it was purchased by Ricoh.
Canon / Featured Posts / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings / News / Ninestar / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 27, 2018 · Last modified April 25, 2018
Canon filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Static Control in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina on February 28th, alleging that Static Control’s replacement toner cartridges and imaging drums designed for use in Canon and HP laser printers infringe on Canon’s patents.
Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / HP / Konica Minolta / Patent-Infringement / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 23, 2018 · Last modified March 29, 2018
As for HP’s new Latex Series R printers announced this week, they’ll be able to print on rigid materials for producing items such as car wraps, wall coverings, canvas prints, outdoor and indoor signs, etc.
Canon / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings / News / Ninestar / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 21, 2018 · Last modified April 25, 2018
The Recycler reported today that it received a statement from Aster Graphics of Southern California in response to Canon Inc.’s recent......
Canon / Featured Posts / New Products / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 20, 2018 · Last modified March 21, 2018
Back in February 2018, Canon U.S.A. announced its imageRUNNER ADVANCE Third-Generation 2nd Edition lineup, which features an emphasis on cloud connectivity......
Canon / HP / Imaging Supplies / News / Ninestar / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 19, 2018 · Last modified April 25, 2018
U.S.-based Katun Corporation, which makes third-party clone toner cartridges, recently reassured customers that it isn’t a target of the massive......
Amazon / Canon / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings / News / Ninestar / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 16, 2018 · Last modified April 25, 2018
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.
Canon / Commentary / Epson / HP / Market Reports & Forecasts / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 16, 2018 · Last modified March 21, 2018
While inkjet-printing continues to make gains in production and commercial printing, office inkjet printing also continues to grow, as evidenced......
Featured Posts / News / Ninestar
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 15, 2018 · Last modified April 25, 2018
The complaint to the ITC asserts that the companies infringe on Canon’s U.S. Patent Nos. 9,746,826; 9,836,021; 9,841,727; 9,841,728; 9,841,729; 9,857,764; 9,857,765; 9,869,960; and 9,874,846. The toner cartridges and imaging drum units are used in HP laser printers.
Canon / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings / News / Ninestar / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 12, 2018 · Last modified April 25, 2018
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, today announced that it’s filed a complaint with the Seoul Central District Court of Korea......
Canon / Imaging Supplies / News / Ninestar / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 8, 2018 · Last modified April 25, 2018
Canon announced that it had filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) against 49 manufacturers, distributors and sellers of third-party clone toner cartridges and imaging drum units. It also filed patent-infringement lawsuits in the United States against various companies.
Featured Posts / Legal Proceedings / News / Ninestar / Patent-Infringement
by Terry Wirth
by Terry Wirth · Published March 1, 2018 · Last modified April 25, 2018
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, has launched a massive legal offensive against clone toner-cartridge sellers, announcing today that it had......
Legal Proceedings / News / Patent-Infringement
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 27, 2018 · Last modified March 1, 2018
In late 2017, Canon sued Kostland for infringement of Canon’s U.S. Patent No. 9,581,958 B2, based on Kostland’s sales of infringing toner cartridges under the name “4Benefit,” including sales made through Amazon.com.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 22, 2018 · Last modified February 27, 2018
Canon’s CARS-T program consists of closed-loop recycling that involves collecting and re-using plastic extracted from used toner cartridges that is then used as the raw material for new toner cartridges.
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