Walmart, Other Retailers Face ITC Probe on Battery Jump-Starters

The U.S. International Trade Commission said Wednesday it is investigatingpatent- and trademark-infringement claims made in a lawsuit by The NOCO Co. against Walmart, QVC, Best Buy and almost four dozen other retailers and manufacturers over portable devices used to jump-start vehicle batteries.

• Dispute centers on two NOCO patents and two NOCO trademarks, according to amended complaint the company filed Feb. 3
  • Original complaint, filed Jan. 19, named 100 proposed respondents
• One of the patents has been part of 20 lawsuits in federal courts and is the subject of a validity review pending before the U.S. Patent Trial ...