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Canon Looking to Sue to more 3rd Party Toner Parts Maker
Canon Looks to Add Big 3rd Party Parts Maker to Toner Bottle Complaint
Canon has never been shy about suing third-party supplies vendors to protect its toner cartridge and toner bottle intellectual property, having launched successful suits against GCC Group and GCC distributor TallyGenicom, Densigraphix, Polek & Polek, Copylite, and more recently Ninestar companies and distributors (see 337-TA-731 and Canon v. Ninestar [2010]). But in 2012, Canon is aiming higher.No longer content with injunctions and consent orders, Canon recently filed a patent-infringement complaint before the U.S. International Trade Commission that named more than 30 companies, including third-party supplies giant Clover Holdings (see “Reman Nightmare Realized: Canon Sues Dozens Over Infringing Gear”). Canon is looking for a general exclusion order that would bar the importation of drums and all-in-one cartridges containing them that use an infringing drive component or gear. Now, Canon is taking more aggressive action in another, less widely publicized patent-infringement complaint—its suit against Color Imaging, UniNet Imaging, and UI Supplies related to a toner bottle design.
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