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Update on Canon’s Dongle Gear Litigation: Two More Defendants Settle, Two...
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...
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Apex Announces Slew of New Chips
Apex Microelectronics, the aftermarket chip and component arm of Ninestar Corporation, recently announced an array of third-party chip solutions for the cartridges used in Brother, Canon, HP, and...
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Canon Files New Lawsuit against Ink Technologies Printer Supplies
On May 9, Canon issued an announcement that should worry aftermarket supplies industry players: it has filed a second lawsuit against Ink Technologies Printer Supplies LLC in the U.S. District Court...
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The Age of Amazon Part 3: The Struggle to Police Vast Open Markets
The Age of Amazon has wrought changes that are both beneficial and detrimental to consumers, other businesses, and communities. To see the rest of this post, please view membership options or log into...
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Canon to Acquire BriefCam Ltd.
On May 9, Canon Inc. announced that it has concluded a stock purchase agreement to acquire BriefCam Ltd., a developer and marketer of video content analysis (VCA) software that utilizes proprietary...
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Canon Gets Injunction against Grey Systems in Germany
Canon’s seemingly endless efforts in Germany to enforce its intellectual property on a so-called dongle gear design employed in Canon and HP all-in-one toner cartridges continued on May 14 with the...
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Arlington Defaults in Canon’s ITC Investigation, Canon’s District Court Suit...
Arlington Industries will default in Canon’s Section 337 investigation before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). To see the rest of this post, please view membership options or log into...
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IDC Reports Uptick in India’s Hardcopy Peripheral Market in Q1 2018
On May 22, International Data Corporation (IDC) reported that in the first quarter of 2018 hardcopy peripheral (printer and MFP) shipments in India increased year-over-year for a third consecutive...
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Canon U.S.A. Points to Top U.S. Market Position in IDC Report
Canon U.S.A. wants the imaging industry to take notice of its U.S. market-share position in the Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker for 2017 published by International Data Corporation (IDC). To see...
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FTrade Defaults in Canon ITC Investigation, Agrees to Injunction in District...
The number of respondents/defendants looking to put Canon’s dongle gear toner cartridge patent-infringement complaints behind them continues to increase. To see the rest of this post, please view...
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IDC Says Inkjet Still Grows Despite Overall Hardcopy Peripheral Decline in Egypt
International Data Corporation (IDC) has reported that while overall shipments of hardcopy peripherals in Egypt declined 19.2 percent in Q1 2018, the inkjet segment continues to grow while laser...
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IDC Reports Sixth Straight Quarter of Growth in Worldwide Hardcopy Peripheral...
On May 30, International Data Corporation (IDC) released an overview of the findings from its latest “Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker” for the first quarter of 2018. To see the rest of...
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Do It Wiser Settles with Canon in District Court, V4Ink Defaults in ITC...
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...
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CIG Publishes Industry White Paper Attacking Clones
Citing recent court rulings and lawsuit settlements upholding OEM patents, Clover Imaging Group (CIG) has published an industry white paper arguing that new-build compatible “clone” cartridges are just...
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Ninestar Releases Replacement HP Toner Cartridges with New Dongle Gear...
Canon’s toner cartridge litigation in the United States aimed at manufacturer’s workarounds to the OEM’s dongle gear is big news and has dealers and resellers rightly concerned about the HP/Canon toner...
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Canon Announces Preliminary Injunction against Inkjets Toners and Cartridges...
On June 6, Canon Inc. announced that it has obtained yet another preliminary injunction against an online aftermarket cartridge seller in Germany. The latest injunction awarded to Canon was granted by...
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The Big Picture: OEM Financials for the Quarter Ended in March 2018
At the end of April and throughout May, printer and copier OEMs reported quarterly financial results for the three-month period ended on March 31, 2018. For all the Japanese OEMs, except Canon, this...
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Canon U.S.A. Announces Organizational Changes
Canon U.S.A. has appointed Shinichi Yoshida as the new executive vice president and general manager of its Business Imaging Solutions Group. On June 7, Canon announced that Toyotsugu Kuwamura,...
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LD Products Speaks Out on Canon Litigation
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...
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Canon Makes Then Withdraws Motion to Amend ITC Complaint, Moves to Find...
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...
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