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
In general, nothing makes a company become quiet faster than being named a defendant in a lawsuit. But the hue and cry over Canon’s recent monochrome toner cartridge litigation in the United States is almost unprecedented, with OEM partners Canon and HP using the litigation to try to strike fear in the hearts of channel
Just a couple of days ago, we wrote that more companies accused of infringing Canon’s dongle gear toner cartridge patents were defaulting in the Section 337 investigation before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and settling and agreeing to consent judgments and permanent injunctions in district court (see “FTrade Defaults in Canon ITC Investigation, Agrees
The number of respondents/defendants looking to put Canon’s dongle gear toner cartridge patent-infringement complaints behind them continues to increase. The latest is Brooklyn, NY-based FTrade Inc., which recently indicated it intends to default in the Section 337 investigation before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). Meanwhile, in Canon’s district court suit against FTrade, the two
On May 23, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a seizure-and-forfeiture order to E-Z Ink Inc. of Brooklyn, NY. It is the third seizure-and-forfeiture order that the ITC has issued on printer consumables in May and the sixth of 2018. E-Z Ink is a big online distributor of aftermarket ink and toner cartridges—one of
Arlington Industries will default in Canon’s Section 337 investigation before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). In other news related to Canon’s U.S. dongle gear toner cartridge litigation, a consent order and permanent injunction enjoining Fairland, LLC (doing business as ProPrint) from infringing Canon’s patents has now been entered by a federal court. To keep
As the weeks pass since Canon filed its toner cartridge patent-infringement complaints before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and in U.S. district court, we are learning more about how various respondents/defendants will respond—or not—to Canon’s claims that they have infringed its dongle gear patents. Over the past couple of weeks, two more defendants, 9010-8077
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) recently issued its fifth seizure-and-forfeiture order on printer consumables of 2018. The ITC issues such orders after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) catches companies or individuals trying to import cartridges or components in violation of the ITC’s exclusion orders. On May 3, the ITC issued a seizure-and-forfeiture order
On May 2, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a seizure-and-forfeiture order to NuTone for violating the general exclusion order Canon was awarded in 2015 on its “dongle gear” toner cartridge designs in the 337-TA-918 investigation (see “ITC Awards Canon GEO in Dongle Gear Investigation”). As shown below, this is the fourth seizure-and-forfeiture order related
