Shoals Technologies to continue to ‘vigorously defend’ patent complaint

Shoals Technologies Group reaffirmed its commitment to protecting its intellectual property rights and announced it will continue to vigorously defend its patent complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission against Voltage, LLC, based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In light of a recent ruling by an Administrative Law Judge at the ITC to remove one of two asserted patents, U.S. Patent 10,553,739, from the scope of the upcoming evidentiary hearing, Shoals Technologies Group remains resolute in its stance to safeguard its unique products and pursue all available legal avenues. Voltage is still accused of infringing U.S. Patent No. 11,689,153 related to Shoals’ Big Lead Assembly technology. The ‘153 patent is one of Shoals’ strongest patents as evidenced by the ITC’s claim construction ruling, and the ITC’s recent ruling related to the ‘739 patent does not affect Shoals’ case against Voltage related to the ‘153 patent. The evidentiary hearing is scheduled to begin with a pre-hearing conference on March 15, with the hearing beginning on March 18. The ruling to remove the ‘739 patent from the ITC evidentiary hearing’s scope does not impact the pending district court cases filed by Shoals. These cases, filed against Voltage in the Middle District of North Carolina and against Hikam in the Southern District of California, will be litigated by Shoals Technologies Group irrespective of the outcome of the ITC case. Shoals has also recently received Notices of Allowance for two patent applications, U.S. Patent Application Nos. 18/341,655 and 18/523,464, both of which pertain to Shoals’ groundbreaking BLA technology, which stands as a key differentiator in the market. Upon issuance, Shoals will carefully assess whether Voltage is infringing either of these newly granted patents. Shoals will continue to assert its rights to pursue resolutions that uphold its position as an industry leader and safeguard its innovations and contributions.