ILG settles with Canon

February 17, 2015

The US remanufacturer has announced it has entered a settlement agreement with the OEM concerning the cases begun last year against a number of aftermarket companies.

ILG, which became part of the Turbon Group in late 2013, has revealed that it has “entered into a settlement agreement” with Canon concerning its naming in the OEM’s IP cases in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, which began in February 2014, and the USITC (United States International Trade Commission), which took up its own case in May 2014.

The settlement between ILG and Canon regards the alleged infringement of US patents 8,280,278, 8,433,219, 8,437,669, 8,494,411, 8,630,564, 8,676,090, 8,682,215, and 8,688,008; and ILG added that “to resolve the matters” it will “stipulate to a Consent Order” from the USITC, as well as a “Consent Judgement and Permanent Injunction” from the Southern District of New York, which will allow it to “be dismissed from both cases”.

The patents concern the OEM’s ‘dongle-gear’ within toner cartridges – specifically the HP P2035, 2055 and P3015 – and Canon noted at the start of the case that the cartridges “are sold for use in more than 50 models of Canon and HP laser beam printers”. Other companies that have settled in the case since it began include Acecom, Do It Wiser and Green Project; ACM Technologies, Grand Image LLC, OnlineTechStores, Nectron, Provantage, Printronic and LD Products.

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