The OEM announced that it has been granted the PI for patent infringement in Germany.
The company announced that is has obtained the preliminary injunction which was granted by the District Court of Dusseldorf against M&S Vertrieb Service OHG who have an online shop TintenPool.de.
The injunction has been brought about based on the infringement of the German portion of Canon’s European patent 2 087 407 which relates to a drum unit and a process cartridge. M&S Vertrieb Service OHG are accused of offering and distributing laser toner cartridges comprising a drum unit through Amazon.de under the Amazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN) B00I9BN11C, B00HFN56UE, B00IHWSUCS, B06WVB3JRW, B00IHXOQFW and B01BGQLB0O.
Those cartridges replace the cartridge models HP CF226A, HP CE255X, HP CF280A, HP CF280X, HP CF287A, HP CE505A and HP CE505X compatible with HP laser beam printers.
The Preliminary Injunction is not yet final but once it is served on M&S Vertrieb Service OHG Canon can enforce the decision.