Canon Computer Systems makes 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)--July 16, 1996--Canon Computer Systems Inc. of Costa Mesa, Canon USA Inc. and Canon Inc. of Japan Tuesday announced that they have 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 International Inc. of Dallas in the United States District Court United States District Court In the U.S., any of the 94 trial courts of general jurisdiction in the federal judicial system. Each state, as well as the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, has at least one federal district court. for the Central District of California. The suit charges Nu-kote with infringement of Canon's recently issued U.S. Patent No. 5,509,140, based on Nu-kote's sale of replaceable ink cartridges for Canon's BJC-600 series of Bubble Jet printers Noun 1. bubble jet printer - a kind of ink-jet printer bubble-jet printer, bubblejet ink-jet printer - a printer that produces characters by projecting electrically charged droplets of ink . In the suit, the Canon companies are seeking a preliminary and permanent injunction permanent injunction n. a final order of a court that a person or entity refrain from certain activities permanently or take certain actions (usually to correct a nuisance) until completed. , and recovery of Canon's lost profits due to Nu-kote's infringement. This is the second lawsuit between the parties. In the first lawsuit, Canon charged Nu-Kote with infringement of Canon's trademarks and infringement of five other patents. The first lawsuit is currently scheduled for trial in December 1996. 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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