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Canon v. Gray Market Retailers: One Settled & One Grinding Toward Trial

November 8, 2018 By Eric Reagan

It’s been quite some time since we’ve had an update on the lawsuits Canon USA brought against Get It Digital, LLC and F&E Trading, LLC over their gray market sales of Canon DSLRs. Finally, we’re starting to get somewhere with one case dismissed (likely due to a settlement) and one case in the depths of discovery, grinding toward trial. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Canon Tagged With: All New Shop, Big Value Inc, Canon, Canon USA, Electronics Valley, Get It Digital, gray market, lawsuit, Legal, Sixth Avenue

 

Gray Market War: Is the Writing on the Wall?

February 16, 2016 By Eric Reagan

Gray-Market-War-Olympus

We are continuing to dig into Canon USA’s case against gray market retailers here in the US. Specifically, Canon is targeting popular gray market retailers Get It Digital, LLC, All New Shop, LLC and F & E Trading, LLC (aka Big Value, Inc., Electronics Valley and others) as they cut into Canon USA’s profit margin by importing Canon cameras direct from Japan and selling them in the US.

However, this isn’t the first time a camera manufacturer has gone after a retailer selling gray market cameras on ebay. In fact, I recently discovered that F & E Trading has been sued under very similar circumstances before. The outcome of that lawsuit could foreshadow what is the beginning of the end for gray market cameras in the US. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Canon, Legal, Olympus Tagged With: Big Value Inc, Electronics Valley, FE Trading, gray market, law, lawsuit, Legal, litigation, Olympus

Canon is Suing “Get It Digital” and Others to Stop Gray Market DSLR Sales

November 22, 2015 By Eric Reagan

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Canon USA filed a pair of lawsuits in October against Get It Digital, LLC and several other widely-known gray market retailers in a effort to force them to stop selling gray market Canon cameras and other products in the United States.

I obtained copies of the complaints and exhibits late last week and have reviewed the allegations made and evidence cited within. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Canon, Legal Tagged With: All New Shop, Big Value Inc, Canon, Canon USA, Electronics Valley, Get It Digital, gray market, lawsuit, Legal, Sixth Avenue

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