Canon has once again asked the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) for leave to amend the complaint and notice of investigation in which it accused numerous aftermarket toner cartridge makers and sellers of infringing its dongle gear patents. The big change that the OEM wishes to make is to eliminate a slew of patent claims
Of course, this week’s big news in the ongoing Xerox/Fujifilm drama is that Fujifilm filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Xerox in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York seeking well over $1 billion in damages because of Xerox’s decision to terminate its merger agreement with Fujifilm (see “Fujifilm Sues Xerox for
It has been about a week since we last updated readers on the status of Canon’s parallel toner cartridge patent-infringement complaints before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and in federal court (see “Canon Makes Then Withdraws Motion to Amend ITC Complaint, Moves to Find Respondents in Default”). Since then, there have been a few
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. has sued Xerox Corp. for more than $1 billion, alleging that Xerox’s board of directors allowed itself to be steamrolled by two activist investors into calling off a proposed merger. “Xerox has recently been subject to the whims of activist investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason, who, notwithstanding their minority ownership of
The patent-infringement dispute between Aster Graphics and Static Control over the two companies’ dongle gear design workarounds is now officially over and done. There were signs earlier this year that the two companies were discussing a possible resolution of their claims and counterclaims (see “Aster and Static Control Are Discussing a Possible Settlement”). Last week,
At the end of May, Actionable Intelligence reported that Canon has asked the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) for leave to amend its complaint and notice of investigation (see “FTrade Defaults in Canon ITC Investigation, Agrees to Injunction in District Court”). At the time, Canon’s filing was confidential, so it was impossible to see how
In May, HP lost the protection provided to the company by the very first general exclusion order (GEO) it was granted. HP’s U.S. patent numbers 6,089,687 and 6,264,301, which relate to the ID chips used in various HP ink tanks have expired, and as a result U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will no longer enforce
On June 6, Canon Inc. announced that it has obtained yet another preliminary injunction against an online aftermarket cartridge seller in Germany. The latest injunction awarded to Canon was granted by the District Court Düsseldorf against Inkjets Toners and Cartridges Ltd. as well as against its directors. Inkjets Toners and Cartridges Ltd. is based in
Ever since Xerox settled with activist shareholders Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason and terminated its transaction agreement with Fujifilm, the industry has been waiting to see if and when Fujifilm might sue Xerox for damages. That wait is not over—Fujifilm has not filed suit against Xerox just yet—but the Japanese photography and imaging giant is
In March, a U.S. district judge dismissed some claims in a consolidated class action complaint that accused HP of unfair and fraudulent business practice, false advertising, violating various consumer protection laws, and violating computer fraud and crime laws because the printer giant updated firmware in various inkjet printers in 2016 to prevent the use of
