On July 22 (US time) South Korea's LG Energy Solution filed a patent
infringement suit in the US against China's EVE Energy and asked the US
International Trade Commission (ITC) for an import exclusion. YONHAP reported
the case cites five patents — four tied to cylindrical/tabless battery
technology and one to battery separators — and alleges the accused cells are
already widely used in the US power-tool market. EVE Energy said it has not
received formal legal papers and its internal review found no evidence of
infringement.