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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

 

Canon v. Gray Market Retailers: ‘Get It Digital’ Responds

December 14, 2015 By Eric Reagan

Canon-Gray-Market-Lawsuit

In the ongoing saga of Canon versus gray market retailers, we now have an Answer from one of the defendants.

As a quick recap, Canon USA filed suit in federal court against popular gray market retailers like Get It Digital, All New Shop, Big Value, Inc. and others. Canon USA used its trademark rights to assert that the actions of Get It Digital and others are essentially tarnishing Canon’s brand in the US. Specific examples include allegations of using counterfeit serial numbers, incorrect boxes and packaging, printed manuals and non-UL rated cables.

In the lawsuit, Canon is asking the court to award damages that may include profits from these gray market retailers as well as seeking an injunction against these retailers to prevent their sale of gray market Canon products. You can read the initial story and also get the latest update.

Get It Digital Answers

Get It Digital has responded with its Answer (that’s the official name of a defendant’s first response to a lawsuit). In the Answer, which I’ve embedded below, Get It Digital and All New Shop (I’ll collectively reference them as just “Get It Digital”) essentially deny all of the alleged wrongdoings that Canon asserts in the Complaint.

In the set up to Get It Digital’s defenses, however, they admit a few facts that are indisputable – such as the fact that Get It Digital is not an authorized Canon dealer and that the company sells Canon products online.

In addition to denying essentially all of the material facts, Get It Digital lays out three affirmative defenses that would kill Canon’s claims. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Canon, Legal Tagged With: Big Value Inc, Canon, Get It Digital, gray market

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

November 22, 2015 By Eric Reagan

Canon-Gray-Market-Lawsuit

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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