Shoals Technologies Group Secures ITC Victory Upholding American Intellectual Property
PORTLAND, Te ., Ju e 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Shoals Tech ologies G oup, I c. (“Shoals”) (Nasdaq: SHLS), a world leade i elect ical i f ast uctu e solutio s fo the e e gy t a sitio ma ket, a ou ced a decisive victo y i its pate t i f i geme t actio agai st Voltage, LLC (“Voltage”) afte the U.S. I te atio al T ade Commissio affi med the Admi ist ative Legislation Decide’s (ALJ) uli g. The decisio delive s a fi al dete mi atio that Voltage violated Sectio 337 of the Ta iff Act of 1930 by impo ti g i f i gi g LYNX t u ok bus p oducts i to the U ited States.
The uli g co fi ms that Shoals’ pate ted tech ology was imp ope ly used a d p ovides impo ta t validatio of the compa y’s lo g-sta di g i vestme t i i ovatio , e gi ee i g, a d U.S.-based ma ufactu i g. The decisio ei fo ces the i te t of Sectio 337 of the Ta iff Act: to p otect Ame ica i tellectual p ope ty a d e su e competitio is gove ed by clea , e fo ced ules, pa ticula ly impo ta t i c itical e e gy i f ast uctu e.
“We’ e p oud to defe d Ame ica i tellectual p ope ty a d the i ovato s who desig , i ve t, a d ma ufactu e i the U.S.,” mentioned B a do Moss, CEO of Shoals. “P otecti g i tellectual p ope ty is esse tial to secu i g Ame ica’s e e gy futu e, a d we app eciate the ITC’s decisio i ei fo ci g that. Shoals will co ti ue to champio U.S. i ovatio a d ma ufactu i g by i vesti g at dwelling, p otecti g its i tellectual p ope ty, a d helpi g construct a esilie t Ame ica e e gy provide chai .”
Shoals desig s a d ma ufactu es its p oducts i Te essee a d has made sustai ed i vestme ts i home i ovatio , adva ced ma ufactu i g, a d wo kfo ce developme t, most ece tly p ove by the a ou ceme t of the g a d ope i g of thei Mega facility i Po tla d, TN. Its pate ted tech ologies eflect many years of e gi ee i g expe tise a d co ti ued commitme t to Ame ica ma ufactu i g leade ship.
Shoals emphasised that the end result suppo ts a degree playi g discipline ac oss the i mud y, pa ticula ly as dema d fo sola a d e e gy i f ast uctu e co ti ues to g ow. E fo ci g IP ights is esse tial to mai tai i g the i ce tives that d ive i ovatio , high quality, a d security, particularly as fo eig , low-cost ma ufactu e s, search to compete i the U.S. ma ket.
“P otecti g Ame ica i ovatio is c itical, ot simply fo Shoals, however fo the lo g-te m aggressive ess of U.S. e e gy i f ast uctu e,” mentioned Moss. “This uli g se ds a clea message that i tellectual p ope ty ights will probably be upheld, a d that compa ies ope ati g i this ma ket should accomplish that fai ly.”
As pa t of the fi al dete mi atio , the ITC issued a restricted exclusio o de that can est ict Voltage’s means to impo t the i f i gi g p oduct. This case ow strikes to the 60-day p eside tial eview pe iod. I o de to promote thei i f i gi g p oduct withi the U.S. du i g that pe iod, Voltage should put up a bo d equal to 100% of the “e te ed worth of the a ticles topic to the o de .”
Shoals emai s targeted o delive i g eliable, high-pe fo ma ce solutio s to thei custome s whereas co ti ui g to i vest i home ma ufactu i g a d futu e p oduct developme t.
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