Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. ("Shoals") (NASDAQ:SHLS), a global leader in electrical infrastructure solutions for the energy transition market, today announced a favorable outcome in its patent infringement lawsuit against Voltage, LLC and Ningbo Voltage Smart Production Co. (collectively "Voltage") in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
In a decisive win for Shoals during today’s ruling, the jury found that Voltage willfully infringed Shoals’ patents, awarded Shoals over $96 million in damages and soundly rejected Voltage’s arguments challenging the validity of Shoals’ patents. The judgment is subject to potential further increase at the Court’s discretion due to the jury’s finding of willfulness. Further, the Court indicated that it will grant a preliminary injunction preventing the manufacture, distribution or sale of the Voltage LYNX product in the United States with immediate effect.
The North Carolina verdict follows multiple rulings that upheld Shoals' intellectual property, including Shoals’ June victory before the International Trade Commission (ITC), which found that Voltage’s LYNX product infringed Shoals’ patents covering aspects of its Big Lead Assembly (BLA) products and barred importation of Voltage’s infringing products. The Presidential Review Period for the ITC determination has now lapsed without intervention, bringing that matter to final resolution.
Together, the North Carolina verdict and ITC determination reinforce the strength of Shoals’ intellectual property portfolio and mark important victories for U.S.-developed technologies that support critical energy infrastructure, domestic manufacturing, and fair competition.