Okin Files Section 337 Patent Complaint on Linear Actuators for Seating Furniture
Okin America and affiliated company Dewert Okin GmbH filed a request April 3 for an International Trade Commission investigation into whether imports of linear actuators that allegedly infringe its patents are violating Section 337. The linear actuators at issue use electric motors to extend the footrest and adjust the chair back on seating furniture. According to Okin, Chinese company Changzhou Kaidi and its U.S. affiliate Kaidi LLC are importing linear actuators that infringe its patents. Okin is requesting a general exclusion order blocking all imports of linear actuators that infringe its patents, as well as cease and desist orders against the two respondents.
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