Canon Computer Systems Inc., Canon USA Inc. and Canon Inc. of Japan make announcement.COSTA MESA Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 1997--Canon Computer Systems Inc. of Costa Mesa, Canon USA Inc. and Canon Inc. of Japan Tuesday announced that they have obtained a preliminary injunction A temporary order made by a court at the request of one party that prevents the other party from pursuing a particular course of conduct until the conclusion of a trial on the merits. A preliminary injunction is regarded as extraordinary relief. against Nu-kote International Inc. of Dallas, to enjoin To direct, require, command, or admonish. Enjoin connotes a degree of urgency, as when a court enjoins one party in a lawsuit by ordering the person to do, or refrain from doing, something to prevent permanent loss to the other party or parties. Nu-kote from making, using, offering for sale or selling replacement ink cartridges, for Canon's BJC-600 series Bubble Jet printers, which fall within the scope of Claim 1 of Canon's U.S. Patent No. 5,509,140. In July 1996, the Canon companies commenced a patent infringement patent infringement n. the manufacture and/or use of an invention or improvement for which someone else owns a patent issued by the government, without obtaining permission of the owner of the patent by contract, license or waiver. suit against Nu-kote in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to protect Canon's valuable intellectual property rights with respect to the Canon U.S. patent. The suit charged Nu-kote with infringement based on Nu-kote's sales of replaceable ink cartridges for Canon's BJC-600 series Bubble Jet printers. On Sept. 23, 1996, a hearing was held in the U.S. District Court in Santa Ana Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. , Calif., on Canon's motion for a preliminary injunction against Nu-kote's infringement. The court has held that Canon has shown a likelihood of success on infringement and validity of the patent at issue and granted a preliminary injunction against Nu-kote to enjoin Nu-kote from making, using, offering for sale or selling the cartridges at issue. The preliminary injunction order became effective on March 6, 1997, and Nu-kote is now enjoined from these infringing activities. Canon Inc. has headquarters in Tokyo. Canon USA Inc., located in Lake Success, N.Y., is a subsidiary of Canon Inc. overseeing Canon operations in North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Canon Computer Systems Inc. is the sales and marketing arm for Canon-branded computer peripheral products in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and a subsidiary of Canon Inc. and Canon USA Inc. with headquarters in Costa Mesa. Since the matter is now pending in court, the Canon companies do not feel that further public statements are appropriate at this time. CONTACT: Canon Computer Systems Inc., Costa Mesa Sherri Snelling, 714/438-3075 pr@ccsi.canon.com |
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