2018年3月26日, 美國國際貿易委員會 (ITC) 投票決定對特定印表機墨盒及其組件 (Certain Toner Cartridges And Components Thereof) 啟動337調查 (調查編碼: 337-TA-1106) .
2018年2月28日, 日本Canon Inc. of Japan, 美國Canon U.S.A. Inc. of Melville, New York, 美國Canon Virginia, Inc. of Newport News, Virginia向美國ITC提出337立案調查申請, 主張對美出口, 在美進口和在美銷售的該產品侵犯了其專利權 (美國註冊專利號9,746,826, 9,836,021 , 9,841,727 , 9,841,728, 9,841,729, 9,857,764, 9,857,765 , 9,869,960, 9,874,846 ) , 請求美國ITC發布普遍排除令, 有限排除令, 禁止令.
中國廣東Ninestar Corporation of Guangdong, China, 中國廣東Ninestar Image Tech Limited of Guangdong, China, 美國Ninestar Technology Company, Ltd., of City of Industry, CA, 中國香港Apex Microtech Ltd. of Hong Kong, 美國Static Control Components, Inc., of Sanford, NC, 美國Aster Graphics, Inc., of Placentia, CA, 中國江西Jiangxi Yibo E-tech Co., Ltd., of Xinyu City, Jiangxi, China, 中國廣東Aster Graphics Co., Ltd., of Guangdong, China, 中國香港Print-Rite Holdings Ltd. of Hong Kong, 美國Print-Rite N.A., Inc., of La Vergne, TN, 中國澳門Union Technology Int' l (M.C.O.) Co. Ltd. of Rodrigues, Macau, 中國廣東Print-Rite Unicorn Image Products Co. Ltd. of Zhuhai, China, 中國廣東Kingway Image Co., Ltd. d/b/a Zhu Hai Kingway Image Co., Ltd., of Zhuhai, China, 中國廣東Ourway Image Tech. Co., Ltd., of Zhuhai, China, 中國廣東Ourway Image Co., Ltd., of Zhuhai, China, 中國廣東Zhuhai Aowei Electronics Co., Ltd., of Zhuhai, China, 美國Ourway US Inc. of City of Industry, CA, 美國Acecom, Inc. - San Antonio d/b/a InkSell.com of San Antonio, TX, 美國ACM Technologies, Inc., of Corona, CA, 美國Arlington Industries, Inc., of Waukegan, IL, 美國Bluedog Distribution Inc. of Hollywood, FL, |美國Do It Wiser LLC d/b/a Image Toner of Alpharetta, GA, 美國EIS Office Solutions, Inc., of Houston, TX, 美國eReplacements, LLC, of Grapevine, TX, 美國Frontier Imaging Inc. of Compton, CA, 美國Garvey' s Office Products, Inc., of Niles, IL, 美國Global Cartridges of Burlingame, CA, 中國香港GPC Trading Co., Limited d/b/a GPC Image of Hong Kong, 中國香港Hong Kong BoZe Co., Limited d/b/a Greensky of Hong Kong, 美國Master Print Supplies, Inc. d/b/a HQ Products of Burlingame, CA, 美國i8 International, Inc. d/b/a Ink4Work.com of City of Industry, CA, 美國Ink Technologies Printer Supplies, LLC, of Dayton, OH, 美國LD Products, Inc., of Long Beach, CA, 美國Linkyo Corp. d/b/a SuperMediaStore.com of La Puente, CA, 美國CLT Computers, Inc. d/b/a Multiwave and MWave of Walnut, CA, 美國Imaging Supplies Investors, LLC d/b/a SuppliesOutlet.com, SuppliesWholesalers.com, and OnlineTechStores.com of Reno, NV, 美國Online Tech Stores, LLC d/b/a SuppliesOutlet.com, SuppliesWholesalers.com, and OnlineTechStores.com of Grand Rapids, MI, 美國Kuhlmann Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Precision Roller of Phoenix, AZ, 美國Print After Print, Inc. d/b/a OutOfToner.com of Phoenix, AZ, 美國Fairland, LLC d/b/a ProPrint of Anaheim Hills, CA, 美國Reliable Imaging Computer Products, Inc., of Northridge, CA, 美國Apex Excel Limited d/b/a ShopAt247 of Rowland Heights, CA, 美國The Supplies Guys, LLC, of Lancaster, PA, 美國Billiontree Technology USA Inc. d/b/a Toner Kingdom of City of Industry, CA, 美國FTrade Inc. d/b/a ValueToner of Staten Island, NY, 美國V4INK, Inc., of Ontario, CA, 美國World Class Ink Supply, Inc., of Woodbury, NJ, 加拿大9010-8077 Quebec Inc. d/b/a Zeetoner of Quebec, Canada, 美國Zinyaw LLC d/b/a TonerPirate.com and Supply District of Houston, TX.為列名被告.