Podcast 11 - The Canon 26 case - The Recycler

Podcast 11 – The Canon 26 case

April 23, 2021

Canon recently sued 26 companies alleging infringing several patents relating to the ImageRunner devices. The team discuss the ins and outs of the case and take a look at the new EU labelling requirements, GM Technologies’ new partner programme, Apple big Sur printer issues and a whole lot more. The Recyclers’ latest podcast is hosted by David Connett with resident guest Peter Mayhew and a welcome to GM Technologies’ Zoltan Matyas.

Canon recently sued 26 companies alleging infringing several patents relating to the ImageRunner devices. On the surface it is just another David and Goliath IP story, but is it, or is it more a spat between two OEMs fought through 26 companies. The team discuss the ins and outs of the case…

Hosted by The Recycler’s former Editor David Connett, he is joined by resident guest Lightwords Director Peter Mayhew, and joined for this podcast by GM Technologies Zoltan Matyas and our thanks go to our podcast sponsor Static Control Components.

Podcast #11 is available to listen and download directly here.

Have you seen the handphone shoppers? They wander around the supermarket scanning labels to check out the products and the deals. It seems we are becoming label orientated consumers and in Europe governments are mandating new labelling on everything from energy consumption to product repairability. Check out the podcast to find out how this will impact on you.

GM Technology has recently launched a new partner programme and Zoltan Matyas shares the details of the partner programme and shares his insights on a range of issues throughout the podcast.

Updater beware: Apple’s Big Sur operating system is causing some problems with printers. Is this an apple issue, or are the printer OEMs at fault, or is it a case of updater beware – The panel share their thoughts on the problem.

A whole podcast without mentioning HP, but don’t panic, check out Podcast 12 due out next month.

Podcast #11 is available to listen and download directly here, each episode reveals the secrets, stories and fascinating insights behind the latest news. If you missed our previous episodes, then you’re in for a treat, because you can listen here.

Bring three people together to record a thirty minute podcast and the conversation goes on for nearly ninety minutes. While this podcast is just under thirty minutes, look out for the extra bits coming soon.

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