Patent Suit Stemming From Amazon Complaint Revived by Fed. Cir.

The Federal Circuit revived a Utah lighting company’s lawsuit seeking to clear itself of patent infringement allegations made by a patent owner seeking removal of its products from Amazon.com Inc.

The appeal turned on whether a complaint filed through Amazon’s Patent Evaluation Express program, APEX, establishes personal jurisdiction such that a targeted Amazon seller can sue the complainant in their home-state court. SnapRays LLC, which goes by SnapPower, sued Lighting Defense Group LLC in the US District Court for the District of Utah in June 2022 seeking declaratory judgment it was not infringing after Lighting Defense Group targeted its products ...