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DZEM Ordered to Pay $16.6M in Willful Patent Infringement Case Over DEF Sensor Technology
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Anmol Tiwari
January 27, 2025

Ssi Technologies, Llc V. Dongguan Zhengyang Electronic Mechanical Ltd
Case Background
On January 9, 2020, Plaintiff SSI Technologies, LLC filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court, Wisconsin Western (Case number: 3:20cv19). This case was assigned to District Judge James D. Peterson and referred to US Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor.Cause
SSI Technologies, LLC (SSI), a Wisconsin-based company, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against KUS Dongguan Zhengyang Electronic Mechanical LTD (KUS), a Chinese company. SSI alleged that KUS manufactured, sold, imported, and used DEF quality sensors that directly infringed U.S. Patent No. 9,535,038. The patent protected technology designed to minimize aeration interference in ultrasonic fluid sensing systems. SSI claimed KUS marketed and displayed the infringing products, including at the Integer EContinue Reading This Article
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