US International Trade Commission Seizes and Forfeits SPC Products Infringing Unilin’s Patents

On December 5, 2022, the US International Trade Commission ordered to seize and forfeit containers of SPC flooring products imported by an international buyer from Georgia, since these products violated the General Exclusion Order regarding Unilin’s click SPC patents.

“The General Exclusion Order was issued by the US ITC on September 16, 2020, and since then, several seizure and forfeiture orders were issued by the ITC against companies that import patent infringing SPC products,” states John Haynes, partner of Unilin´s external US IP law firm Alston & Bird.