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The Japanese printer and ink cartridge giant Seiko Epson (or Epson), has previously filed numerous patent infringement actions in various district courts and the United States International Trade Commission, and successfully obtained two general exclusion orders that prohibit the importation of ink cartridges that infringe certain Epson patents. Nevertheless, ignoring the exclusion orders, certain alleged infringers continued to import and sell infringing ink cartridges, for which Epson filed this lawsuit.
The Defendants are Ftrade Inc., a New York incorporated company operating its business under the name of Valuetoner, whose contact person, sole officer and general manager was a Chinese named Wei Feng Li; GPC Trading Co., a Hong Kong company operating its business under the name of GPC Image; and Wei Feng Li, who controlled Ftrade and did business under the names of Valuetoner, LxTek, Uniwork, wel-image and e-jet. Epson and its American subsidiaries alleged that Defednats, though aware of the aforesaid exclusion orders, under their own brand names and marks, imported, offered for sale and sold several kinds of ink cartridges that have features meeting the limitations of claims of Epson’s certain patents via their own websites, ebay and Amazon throughout the U.S. This September, Epson filed a lawsuit against Defendants for patent infringement, praying for damages rewards and injunction. This case is related to numerous actions that Epson filed in this March and recently, all about ink cartridges. This case has been submitted to a New York District Court.
Written by Derek Tai
