Canon Announced Conclusion of Dispute

Canon Announced Conclusion of Dispute

The OEM and Print-klex GmbH & Co. KG, doing business as “Print-klex” and “123 color”, as well as its managing director agreed to resolve their pending patent infringement litigation based on EP 2 087 407 (“EP ‘407”) by signing a settlement agreement.

According to Canon, Print-klex GmbH & Co. KG inter alia accepted a preliminary injunction (docket no. 4a O 4/19) of the District Court Düsseldorf based on the infringement of the German portion of Canon’s EP ‘407 as final and binding between the parties.

Furthermore, Print-klex GmbH & Co. KG has agreed to pay damages for past infringement to Canon. The cartridges at issue can replace the OEM cartridge models HP CF226X and HP CF287A. Further details of the settlement agreement are confidential.

Recently, Canon Inc., Canon U.S.A. Inc., and Canon Virginia, Inc (Canon) filed a new round of patent infringement lawsuits on March 8, 2021.

According to an email from the International Imaging Technology Council (Int’l ITC), which broke the news, “Canon is this time targeting defendants that sell toner supply containers for its Canon imageRunner copiers.”

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