At the end of January, Canon filed 11 patent-infringement lawsuits against 18 companies that manufacture or sell third-party toner cartridges for various Canon and HP-branded laser printers in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (see “Here We Go Again: Canon Sues Firms for Infringing Various Gear and Drum Patents”). What
On March 5, Green Project announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a patent on its “GP” gear technology for replacement OPC drums and the all-in-one toner cartridges containing them. Green Project announced its GP gear last fall (see “Green Project Announces GP Gear Design for Canon and HP Toner Cartridges”),
On January 15, Union Technology International (MCO) Co. Ltd. (UTec), Print-Rite’s global master distributor, announced the addition of two new models to its SmarTact line of compatible HP toner cartridges. The SmarTact HP CF283A and HP Q2612A are compatible with HP laser devices and feature UTec’s patented NoTwist drum gear (see “Print-Rite Introduces NoTwist Drum
Add Aster Graphics to the growing list of third-party supplies firms offering non-infringing gear designs in the wake of the general exclusion order (GEO) that Canon was awarded in June. The GEO bars the importation of gears, OPC drums, and all-in-one toner cartridges that infringe a pair of Canon patents (see “U.S. ITC to Restrict
Inkjet and toner cartridge remanufacturer Green Project has announced the availability of its GP gear for replacement Canon and HP OPC drums and the all-in-one toner cartridges containing them. The company will be using the new gear in its replacement toner cartridges for monochrome and color Canon and HP laser devices. In June of this
Actionable Intelligence’s new white paper, which is available as a free downloadable PDF, provides analysis of recent patent-infringement lawsuits that have significantly impacted the aftermarket supplies industry—from Epson’s litigation in the United States that blazed a path that other OEMs would follow, to Canon’s complaint that recently won it a general exclusion order from the
Over the past two weeks, Union Technology International (MCO) Co. Ltd. (UTec), global master distributor of Print-Rite products, has been busy launching new products and promotions. On August 30, UTec announced a back-to-school promotion on compatible Samsung laser cartridges. Earlier in August, the company announced new universal inks. Samsung Cartridges for Back to School UTec
On August 8, Print-Rite’s global master distributor, Union Technology International (MCO) Co. Ltd. (UTec), officially announced that its SmarTact line of Canon- and HP-compatible cartridges, which feature its patented NoTwist gear (see “Print-Rite Introduces NoTwist Drum Gear”), will not be affected by the general exclusion order (GEO) that Canon was awarded at the end of
Although the decision was long expected, the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC’s) pronouncement on June 28 that it would issue a general exclusion order (GEO) as the remedy in the Canon toner cartridge investigation (337-TA-829) was huge news for the printer and supplies industry. Now, the ITC’s opinion on remedy and bonding has been made
Taiwan-based General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd. (GPI) has joined the roster of companies promoting solutions that the firms say will not be barred from entry into the United States following the general exclusion order (GEO) that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) awarded to Canon at the end of June (see “U.S. ITC to Restrict