Canon's activities lead to removal of 739 listings from Amazon in Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland and Belgium that offer third-party laser toner cartridges it believes infringe one or more patents

Canon Inc. today announced that in the second quarter of 2023, it has used the Amazon reporting tool^*, letters of inquiry and/or information letters to successfully remove 739 listings^** from Amazon in Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland and Belgium^***. Since June 2018, the total number of listings removed from Amazon in Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland and Belgium is 31,855^**. The listings offered third-party laser toner cartridges from vendors that Canon believes infringed one or more of European Patent No. 2 087 407, European Patent No. 2 137 577, European Patent No. 1 977 289, European Patent No. 3 470 931 and European Patent No. 3 270 230.

Canon respects the intellectual property rights of others and will continue to enforce its own intellectual property rights.

• *The "Amazon Reporting Tool" is a service offered by Amazon and does not encompass any official finding of validity or infringement of a patent. Canon appreciates the support of Amazon in protecting its intellectual property.
• **The number of removed listings is the sum of the number of removed listings in each country.
• ***Canon expanded its activities to Amazon in Sweden, Poland and Belgium in the second quarter of 2023.