Tineco prevails in ITC patent infringement dispute with Bissell over wet-dry surface cleaning devices

Clients Tineco Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.

Jones Day represents Tineco Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. as respondent in an ITC Section 337 investigation filed by complainants Bissell Inc. and Bissell Homecare Inc. ("Bissell") relating to wet-dry surface cleaning devices. Bissell asserted five patents that it alleges Tineco's wet-dry surface cleaning devices infringe. Tineco contends that the asserted patents are invalid, and the accused products do not infringe.  After a five-day evidentiary hearing in December 2022, the Chief Administrative Law Judge, Clark S. Cheney, concluded in his Initial Determination that there was no infringement by any of Tineco’s current products. Briefing to the Commission is ongoing.

Certain Wet Dry Surface Cleaning Devices, Inv. No. 337-TA-1304 (ITC); Bissell Inc. et al. v. Tineco Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. et al., No. 1-22-cv-00150 (D. Del.); Tineco Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. et al. v. Bissell Inc. et al., No. 2-22-cv-00297 (W.D. Wash.)