TOKYO, February 7, 2019—Canon Inc. today announced the filing of a Report Infringement Form with Amazon.es based on the alleged use of claims 1 and 2 of the Spanish portion of Canon’s European Patent EP 1 977 289 (“EP ‘289”) regarding the cartridge model “CB543A” offered by ARTEMIS GLOBAL, S.L.U. under the ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number) B071W2DPMD. Afterwards, Amazon took down the respective product. This product is compatible with the OEM HP cartridge model and provides inter alia a non-OEM housing and a non-OEM force receiving device according to claim 1 of EP ‘289. Furthermore, they comprise an elastic portion according to claim 2 of EP ‘289.
