On Tuesday, October 2, 2012, Jaguar Imports (plaintiff) launched a complaint against SmartBargains (defendants) for patent infringement in the U.S. Court of Florida (case no. 6:12-cv-01486).

Jaguar Imports is in the business of designing and manufacturing self defense, beauty tools and other related products. Defendant conducts business under the name of SmartBargains, which sells consumer products through its website.

The patent USD661771 involved in this suit is assigned[i] to Jaguar Imports (source: Maxval’s Assignment Database). The patent titled Stun gun was issued on June 12, 2012 and expires on June 12, 2026[ii]. Given below is the stun gun covered by the patent USD661771.

Plaintiff has filed a suit against the defendants for sale of a product resembling the design covered by the patent USD661771 under the brand name Vipertek (via www.ebay.com). According to the complaint, below is a picture of the accused product:

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[i] Patent Assignment Alerts are automated email alerts sent to you when assignments relating to target applications/patents/entities of interest are recorded.

[ii] Expected Expiration Date. Patent Term Estimator is a free web-based tool that automatically calculates patent terms and expiration dates for U.S. utility patents.