ITC Begins Section 337 Patent Investigation on Toner Cartridge Imports
The International Trade Commission voted on June 6 to begin a Section 337 investigation into patent infringement by imports of toner cartridges for laser printers. Canon requested the investigation in May, alleging Ninestar, Aster, Print-Rite, International Laser Group, and ASTA, all of China, are manufacturing unauthorized toner cartridges for use in certain Canon and Hewlett-Packard laser printers (see 14051228). The toner cartridges are being sold by 15 retailers in the United States, it said. Canon is requesting a general exclusion order and cease and desist orders banning importation and sale of infringing cartridges. The foreign-based respondents to the investigation include the following:
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Ninestar Image Tech Limited of Guangdong, China Zhuhai Seine Technology Co., Ltd., of Guangdong, China Ninestar Technology Company, Ltd., of City of Industry, California Seine Tech (USA) Co., Ltd., of Walnut, California Seine Image Int'l Co., Ltd., of Shatin, Hong Kong Ninestar Image Tech, Ltd., of Shatin, Hong Kong Seine Image (USA) Co., Ltd., of Diamond Bar, California Nano Paci c Corporation of South San Francisco, California Aster Graphics, Inc., of Placentia, California Jiangxi Yibo E-tech Co., Ltd., of Xinyu City, Jiangxi, China Aster Graphics Co., Ltd., of Guangdong, China Print-Rite Holdings Ltd., Of Chai Wan, Hong Kong Print-Rite N.A., Inc., of La Vergne, Tennessee Union Technology Int'l (M.C.O.) Co. Ltd., of Macao, China Print-Rite Unicorn Image Products Co. Ltd., of Guangdong, China Innotex Precision Ltd., of Chai Wan, Hong Kong International Laser Group, Inc., of Woodland Hills, California Shenzhen ASTA Official Consumable Co., Ltd., of Shenzhen, China
(See the ITC press release for a list of the 15 U.S. retailers under investigation)
(ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-918)