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

This amended complaint, filed under Order No. 15 granting leave to amend, has The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc. (Ergobaby) accusing twelve respondents of importing and selling adjustable child carriers that infringe U.S. Patent Nos. 10,426,275 and 12,016,470. The amendment adds Xiamen Danke Health Technology Co., Ltd. as a proposed respondent. The complaint targets Mabe, Nest Blanche/Zoe, Portier, Ava & Oliver and Artipoppe soft-structured baby carriers, which Ergobaby says compete directly with its Omni Family. It seeks a permanent limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders, which could bar these carriers from the U.S. market. Adding Xiamen Danke widens the supply chain reached by the investigation. Complainant Ergobaby, a Hawaii corporation based in Torrance, California, names twelve proposed respondents in three groups: the Mabe, Xiamen New Baby and Artipoppe/Bugaboo respondents. Asserted patents are the '275 Patent (claims 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 16, 17) and the '470 Patent (claims 1, 6-11, 17, 18, 22-25), both titled Adjustable Child Carrier and invented by Rodney V. Telford. Accused products are the Mabe Monarch, Nest Blanche/Zoe, Portier Limitless, Ava & Oliver Essential and Artipoppe Zeitgeist carriers, which the complaint says are made in China and imported or sold after importation. The amendment adds Xiamen Danke, alleged to be a sister company of Xiamen New Baby under common control by Wei Haixia, and cites confidential interrogatory responses. Domestic industry rests on the Omni Family carriers, with claimed U.S. plant and equipment, labor and capital, and engineering and R&D investments supported by the Stein declaration. Relief sought is a permanent limited exclusion order, cease and desist orders, and a bond during the Presidential review period.