The Plaintiffs: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. and Obert, Inc. (collectively “Super Lighting”) The Defendants: CH Lighting Technology Co., Ltd., Shaoxing Ruising Lighting Co., Ltd. (collectively “CH”), and Elliott Electric Supply, Inc. (Elliott) On March 17, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (CASE NO. 6:20-CV-00018-ADA) entered a final judgment in favor of Super Lighting against its rival competitors for infringing certain LED tube lamp products. The Cour...

MaxLite has filed petitions for inter partes review (IPR) aiming to invalidate the patents of Jiaxing Super Lighting to fight against the Chinese company’s accusing of patent infringement. MaxLite provided an update on the status of the pending lawsuit. (Image: MaxLite) In May 2019, Super Lighting filed a patent infringement lawsuit against MaxLite, accusing MaxLite of infringing several Super Lighting’s US patents. In response, MaxLite filed petitions for IPR before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the United States Pat...

MaxLite announced that it has filed an additional petition for inter partes review (IPR) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) seeking to invalidate U.S. Patent No. 9,807,826 (’826 patent), owned by Jiaxing Super Lighting, a Chinese contract manufacturer. This IPR is in addition to the two that were filed last month by MaxLite to invalidate Jiaxing Super Lighting’s 9,897,265 (‘265 patent) and 9,723,662 (‘662 patent) patents. (Image: MaxLite) Like the...