Don’t Exclude Us: Ninestar and Fuji Electric Want to Be Exempted from Canon Exclusion Order
Last month, Canon got some good news when the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) elected not to review Administrative Law Judge David P. Shaw’s initial determination finding infringement of a pair of patents (5,903,803 and 6,128,454) that Canon holds on the gears used in most HP and Canon all-in-one toner cartridges (see “Canon Takes Another Giant Step [...]
On April 17, Canon received yet more good news in the patent-infringement investigation currently before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). Canon filed the complaint before the ITC, as well as litigation in federal court, in January 2012. The OEM alleged that 34 remanufacturers and resellers infringed a pair of patents (5,903,803 and 6,128,454) that Canon holds [...]
Fat Lady Has Sung for Ninestar: Supreme Court Won’t Review Appeals Court Decision on ITC Fine
March 26, 2013 No Comment
There is an old saying that it ain’t over until the fat lady sings. The saying well characterizes Ninestar’s efforts to exhaust every legal option in contesting the $11.1 million fine it was ordered to pay by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) for violating the commission’s exclusion orders, just as the aftermarket giant long [...]
The industry learned on March 1 that the administrative law judge for the International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a ruling in Canon’s favor in the OEM’s complaint alleging that 34 remanufacturers and resellers infringed a pair of patents (5,903,803 and 6,128,454) on the gears used in most HP and Canon all-in-one toner cartridges (see “Canon Clears First [...]
On March 1, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a 45-word notice indicating that the administrative law judge overseeing Canon’s complaint concerning toner cartridge gears has recommended a general exclusion order (GEO). The judge’s recommendation follows the ITC’s investigation into the infringement of two patents by various third-party supplies vendors. Canon requested the so-called [...]
In what is perhaps the most anticlimactic resolution stemming from Canon’s patent-infringement complaint against numerous remanufacturers over the gear used in third-party all-in-one toner cartridges, Canon announced on February 13 that it has resolved its suit against Nukote, Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. It was a little [...]
HP Successfully Concludes Inkjet Patent-Infringement Litigation in Poland
January 24, 2013 No Comment
On January 23, HP announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with two of Poland’s top distributors of third-party inkjet cartridges and has commenced legal action against a third. The OEM has settled its litigation against Action S.A., distributor of the ActiveJet brand, and AB S.A., distributor of the TB Print line of products. [...]
The Imaging Supplies Coalition (ISC) has announced that it will now evaluate whether third-party cartridges violate exclusion orders issued by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) as part of its long-running “When In Doubt, Check It Out” (WIDCIO) program. The ISC is a nonprofit trade association comprised of OEMs, including Brother, Canon U.S.A., Epson America, [...]
On January 16, Canon announced that it has resolved the district court portion of its patent-infringement litigation against Zinyaw LLC, doing business as TonerPirate.com. Canon filed patent-infringement complaints against Zinyaw and over 30 other remanufacturers and resellers before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York [...]
This spring, printer OEMs Brother, Canon, Dell, Epson, and HP, along with several other companies, were named as respondents in a Section 337 investigation filed by Cupertino, CA-based Technology Properties Limited, LLC (TPL) before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) (see “OEMs Find Themselves Playing Defense in Patent-Infringement Complaint”). Despite the best efforts of these [...]