​ Product infringement! 17 Chinese companies sued! 1500+ stores may be frozen!

Infringement incidents occur every year, especially during the peak season.

On July 29 , two U.S. agencies filed a 337 investigation application with the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) , alleging that vacuum flasks and their components exported to, imported into and sold in the U.S. infringed their patent and trademark rights , and requested the U.S. ITC to issue a general exclusion order, a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order.

The USITC has launched investigation 337-TA-1216 , but has not yet made any decision on the case. The defendants’ information has also been announced, and among the 20 companies, 17 are Chinese companies .

The infringing brand of this thermos is Hydro Flask , which specializes in stainless steel thermos bottles that keep liquids warm for 6 to 24 hours. All thermos products are recyclable and have a lifetime warranty. It is one of the most popular outdoor brands in the United States. Brand official website: https://www.hyddroflask.com/

The rights holders in the case are Steel Technology, LLC. & Helen of Troy Limited. The main infringement evidence cited includes three US design patents and four US trademarks .

At present, the editor searches for vacuum insulated flasks on Amazon's website and gets more than 4,000 search results , which shows that there must be quite a few infringing products among them.

In recent years, the United States has frequently launched Section 337 investigations against Chinese companies . In Section 337 investigations, companies that are found to have committed real infringements will face various mandatory orders issued by the ITC, including prohibitions from entering the US market and monetary penalties, with the amount of the penalty being as high as $100,000 per day.

Therefore, sellers of related products must check as soon as possible whether their products infringe on the patents or trademarks of the two companies mentioned above , because once infringement occurs, the penalties will be severe.

In addition to the dozens of companies mentioned above, these three major brands have also recently filed infringement lawsuits.

MORALE PATCH is a badge sticker brand founded by an American veteran, and it mainly sells various types of badge stickers.

The rights holder of the MORALE PATCH brand is Morale Patch Armory LLC & an Iowa limited liability company , and the reason for the lawsuit is trademark infringement .

BRIGHT BUGZ is a luminous bee toy that needs to be used with a mobile phone APP to achieve magic effects. It is one of the most popular products of the American toy company Carl Zealer . Adults and children love to play with it. It was named the "Best Toy" in the 2014 Creative Kids Magazine!

The brand owner of BRIGHT BUGZ is Nowstalgic Toys, Inc. , and the brand’s reason for the lawsuit is trademark infringement .

ED HARDY is a very popular street fashion brand. It takes tattoo totems as design inspiration, injects retro punk elements and street culture, and uses bright and exaggerated colors. All its products will be snapped up crazily once they are launched.

The brand right holder of ED HARDY is HARDY WAY, LLC , and the reason for the brand's lawsuit is trademark infringement .

The reason for the infringement of the three brands this time is trademark infringement. According to the brand law firm's past agency experience, this time it will affect a large number of sellers' stores. It is reported that there are more than 1,500 stores selling products of the above three brands.

At present, the freeze has not yet begun, and sellers should quickly check their stores and remove related infringing products.

(Source: Official Account: Seller Growth Academy)