TOKYO, March 4, 2019—Canon Inc. today announced the filing of Report Infringement Forms 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 models “CB541A” and “CB542A” offered by Hamle UG haftungsbeschränkt under the ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Number) B01M75H3AV and B01M5JZWR6. Afterwards, Amazon took down the respective products. These products are compatible with the OEM HP cartridge models and provide 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.
