Canon Germany Wins Preliminary Injunction
For Patent Infringement Vs. Printperfect Ltd.
TOKYO, August 21, 2017-Canon announced today that the District Court Düsseldorf granted a preliminary injunction against Printperfect Ltd., trading as 'Perfect Print,' as well as against its managing directors.
​ The preliminary injunction is based on the infringement of the German portion of Canon's European patent EP 2 087 407 relating to a drum unit and a process cartridge. The preliminary injunction enjoins Printperfect Ltd. from offering and distributing laser toner cartridges comprising a drum unit with a certain coupling member, e.g. via amazon.de under the ASINs (=Amazon Standard Identification Number) B01NASKWVM and 5452009043. The mentioned cartridges can replace the cartridge models HP CF226X and HP CF287A compatible with HP laser beam printers.