Canon starts 2023 Amazon takedowns

January 26, 2023

The OEM requested the removal of toner cartridges from Amazon.com, including cartridges sold by IMAGE SHOP as Lemero brand.

Canon Inc. announced the filing of infringement reports with Amazon.com seeking the removal of Amazon.com listings for certain toner cartridges.

Canon’s infringement reports identified the product offerings shown in the table below and alleged that cartridges sold under these offerings infringe Canon’s U.S. Pat. No. 11,156,954. Canon requested that Amazon remove theses product offerings from Amazon.com.

At the time of this announcement, the product offerings listed above were no longer available on Amazon.com.

Canon said in its announcement: “Throughout the development, sales and marketing process, Canon respects the intellectual property of other companies and individuals and expects others to similarly respect Canon’s intellectual property rights.”

 

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