Canon Sues Ninestar, Chinese Companies for Patent Infringement
Bloomberg Businessweek reported that Canon Inc.filed patent-infringement claims against China’s Ninestar Image International Ltd. and retailers over technology in printer toner cartridges.
As reported in the article, the claims focuses on cartridges made by Ninestar and nine affiliated businesses in China and Hong Kong, as well as 10 U.S. companies that sell the products. Canon lodged a complaint on June 28 with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington to block imports of the cartridges and filed a companion civil lawsuit in federal court in New York.
According to the ITC complaint and the lawsuit, the cartridges can be used in Canon and Hewlett-Packard Co. printers, The ITC case is In the Matter of Toner Cartridges and Components Thereof, Complaint No. 2743, U.S. International Trade Commission (Washington). The civil suit is Canon Inc. v. Ninestar Image International Ltd., 10cv4999, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
The defendants are: Nano Pacific Corp; Ninestar Technology Co, Ltd;
Town Sky, Inc; ACM Technologies, Inc; LD Products, Inc; Printer Essentials.com,
Inc; XSE Group, Inc; Copy Technologies, Inc; Red Powers, Inc; Direct Billing
International, Inc; Compu-Imaging, Inc; EIS Office Solutions, Inc; 123 Refills,
Inc; Ninestar Image International, Ltd; Ninestar Technology Co, Ltd; Ninestar
Management Co Ltd; Zhuhai Seine Technology Co, Ltd.