ITC Begins Look Into Section 337 General Exclusion Order on Printer Toner Cartridges
The International Trade Commission recently began a Section 337 investigation based on a request from Canon for a general exclusion order banning all toner cartridges for use in Canon and HP printers that infringe its patents, the ITC said in a March 26 press release. In a complaint filed in February (see 1803050030), Canon said Ninestar, Aster Graphics, Print-Rite and Kingway, as well as several other retailers, are importing and selling unauthorized, patent-infringing toner cartridges and unauthorized components of those cartridges, such as photosensitive drum units. The ITC will also consider cease and desist orders, and a limited exclusion order should it decide a general exclusion order is not warranted, directed against the following respondents to the investigation:
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- Ninestar Corporation of Guangdong, China
- Ninestar Image Tech Limited of Guangdong, China
- Ninestar Technology Company, Ltd., of City of Industry, California
- Apex Microtech Ltd. of Hong Kong
- Static Control Components, Inc., of Sanford, North Carolina
- 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 Hong Kong
- Print-Rite N.A., Inc., of La Vergne, Tennessee
- Union Technology Int’l (M.C.O.) Co. Ltd. of Rodrigues, Macau
- Print-Rite Unicorn Image Products Co. Ltd. of Zhuhai, China
- Kingway Image Co., Ltd. d/b/a Zhu Hai Kingway Image Co., Ltd., of Zhuhai, China
- Ourway Image Tech. Co., Ltd., of Zhuhai, China
- Ourway Image Co., Ltd., of Zhuhai, China
- Zhuhai Aowei Electronics Co., Ltd., of Zhuhai, China
- Ourway US Inc. of City of Industry, California
- Acecom, Inc. - San Antonio d/b/a InkSell.com of San Antonio, Texas
- ACM Technologies, Inc., of Corona, California
- Arlington Industries, Inc., of Waukegan, Illinois
- Bluedog Distribution Inc. of Hollywood, Florida
- Do It Wiser LLC d/b/a Image Toner of Alpharetta, Georgia
- EIS Office Solutions, Inc., of Houston, Texas
- eReplacements, LLC, of Grapevine, Texas
- Frontier Imaging Inc. of Compton, California
- Garvey’s Office Products, Inc., of Niles, Illinois
- Global Cartridges of Burlingame, California
- GPC Trading Co., Limited d/b/a GPC Image of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong BoZe Co., Limited d/b/a Greensky of Hong Kong
- Master Print Supplies, Inc. d/b/a HQ Products of Burlingame, California
- i8 International, Inc. d/b/a Ink4Work.com of City of Industry, California
- Ink Technologies Printer Supplies, LLC, of Dayton, Ohio
- LD Products, Inc., of Long Beach, California
- Linkyo Corp. d/b/a SuperMediaStore.com of La Puente, California
- CLT Computers, Inc. d/b/a Multiwave and MWave of Walnut, California
- Imaging Supplies Investors, LLC d/b/a SuppliesOutlet.com, SuppliesWholesalers.com, and OnlineTechStores.com of Reno, Nevada
- Online Tech Stores, LLC d/b/a SuppliesOutlet.com, SuppliesWholesalers.com, and OnlineTechStores.com of Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Kuhlmann Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Precision Roller of Phoenix, Arizona
- Print After Print, Inc. d/b/a OutOfToner.com of Phoenix, Arizona
- Fairland, LLC d/b/a ProPrint of Anaheim Hills, California
- Reliable Imaging Computer Products, Inc., of Northridge, California
- Apex Excel Limited d/b/a ShopAt247 of Rowland Heights, California
- The Supplies Guys, LLC, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Billiontree Technology USA Inc. d/b/a Toner Kingdom of City of Industry, California
- FTrade Inc. d/b/a ValueToner of Staten Island, New York
- V4INK, Inc., of Ontario, California
- World Class Ink Supply, Inc., of Woodbury, New Jersey
- 9010-8077 Quebec Inc. d/b/a Zeetoner of Quebec, Canada
- Zinyaw LLC d/b/a TonerPirate.com and Supply District of Houston, Texas.
(ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1106)