Certain Adjustable Child Carriers and Components Thereof; Inv. No. 337-TA-1514

The ITC instituted Investigation No. 337-TA-1514 based on The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc.’s complaint alleging Section 337 violations through imported adjustable child carriers and components. The investigation names multiple U.S., Chinese, and European respondents, including Mabe, Baby Nice, Funwhale, New Baby, Koi Trading, Portier, Ava + Oliver, Artipoppe, and Bugaboo entities, and targets products with adjustable components for ergonomic child carrying as a child grows. This investigation targets the competitive market for ergonomic baby and child carriers, where adjustability and fit-over-time features are central product differentiators. If Ergo Baby proves infringement and domestic industry, the ITC could issue exclusion and cease-and-desist orders affecting imports and U.S. sales channels for several carrier brands and private-label suppliers. The asserted patents are U.S. Patent Nos. 10,426,275 and 12,016,470, with the investigation covering specified claims of each patent. The accused products are adjustable child carrier products containing adjustable components that make the carriers adaptable to ergonomically carry a child as the child grows. The Commission will investigate infringement, importation/sale after importation, and domestic industry; OUII will not participate as a party.